*manō

Runic: ᛗᚨᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.nɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

mane

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (‘neck, nape; ornament’), which is sometimes further derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (‘to project, peak, tower over, protrude’). Compare with Latin monile (‘necklace’) and Old Irish muin (‘neck’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	manō	manôz
Acc.	manǭ	manōz
Gen.	manōz	manǫ̂
Dat.	manōi	manōmaz
Inst.	manō	manōmiz
Voc.	manō	manôz

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Descendants

*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mana (Old Dutch)
  - māne (Middle Dutch)
    - maan (Limburgish)
*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mana (Old Dutch)
  - māne (Middle Dutch)
    - maan (Dutch)
      - maanhaar (Afrikaans)
*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- manu (Old English)
  - mane (Middle English)
    - mane (English)
    - mane (Scots)
*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mane, mana, mona (Old Frisian)
  - man (North Frisian)
  - Moone (Saterland Frisian)
  - moannen, moanjes (West Frisian)
*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- mana (Old High German)
  - man, mane (Middle High German)
    - Mähne (German)
    - Munn (Luxembourgish)
*manu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mana (Old Saxon)
  - māne, man (Middle Low German)
    - Mahn (German Low German)
mǫn (Old Norse)
- man (Danish)
- mon (Faroese)
- mön (Icelandic)
- man (Norwegian Bokmål)
- man (Norwegian Nynorsk)
mǫn (Old Norse)
- man (Old Swedish)
  - man (Swedish)

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