*mann-
Runic: ᛗᚨᚾ- Pronunciation: /ˈmɑnn/noun · masculine · consonant stem
Meanings
- human, human being, person, individual
- man
- name of the rune ᛗ (m)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (‘man’) or *men- (‘to mind; to stay’). Alternatively, Kroonen favors the word splitting off from Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰmō, *(dʰ)ǵʰmon- (‘human’) in the cases where the -m- wasn't syllabic (which otherwise gave *gum-, see *gumô); since the initial cluster would have been unpronounceable in Germanic, the result is a reduced *(-)man-.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mann-, manô, mannô | manniz |
| Acc. | mannų | mannunz |
| Gen. | manniz | mannǫ̂ |
| Dat. | manni | mannumaz |
| Inst. | mannē | mannumiz |
| Voc. | mann | manniz |
Descendants
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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man (Old Dutch)
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man (Middle Dutch)
- man (Dutch)
- man (Limburgish)
- man (Zealandic)
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man (Middle Dutch)
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man (Old Dutch)
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna (Old English)
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man, manne, mæn, mon, monne (Middle English)
- man, -man (English)
- man (Scots)
- man (Yola)
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man, manne, mæn, mon, monne (Middle English)
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mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna (Old English)
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna (Old English)
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man, men, me (Middle English)
- me (English)
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man, men, me (Middle English)
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mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna (Old English)
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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man, mon (Old Frisian)
- maan (North Frisian)
- Mon (Saterland Frisian)
- man (West Frisian)
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man, mon (Old Frisian)
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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man (Old High German)
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man (Middle High German)
- ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma' (Alemannic German)
- mon, mònn, moon, ma' (Bavarian)
- ? (Central Franconian)
- ? (East Central German)
- Mann, man (German)
- Mann (Luxembourgish)
- ? (Rhine Franconian)
- Mouen, Mäun (Transylvanian Saxon)
- מאַן (man) (Yiddish)
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man (Middle High German)
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man (Old High German)
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*mann (Proto-West Germanic)
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mann, man (Old Saxon)
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man (Middle Low German)
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Mann, man (German Low German)
- Maun (Plautdietsch)
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Mann, man (German Low German)
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man (Middle Low German)
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mann, man (Old Saxon)
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maðr (Old Norse)
- mað, mann (Elfdalian)
- maður (Faroese)
- maður (Icelandic)
- mǫnn, ᛘᚭᚦᚱ (mąþr) (Jamtish)
- mann (Norn)
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maðr (Old Norse)
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mann, mann’e, mainnj (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- мань (manʹ) (Russenorsk)
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mann, mann’e, mainnj (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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maðr (Old Norse)
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man (Old Danish)
- manð (Scanian)
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man (Old Danish)
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maðr (Old Norse)
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man (Old Danish)
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mand, man (Danish)
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mann, man (Norwegian Bokmål)
- man (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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mann, man (Norwegian Bokmål)
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mand, man (Danish)
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man (Old Danish)
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maðr (Old Norse)
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maþr, mandr (Old Gutnish)
- man (Gutnish)
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maþr, mandr (Old Gutnish)
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maðr (Old Norse)
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maþer, madher, mander, man (Old Swedish)
- man (Swedish)
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maþer, madher, mander, man (Old Swedish)
- 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna) (Gothic)