*munþaz

Runic: ᛗᚢᚾᚦᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmun.θɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

mouth

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tó-s (‘mouth, jaw’), from *men- (‘chin’) + *-tós. Cognate with Latin mentum (‘chin’), Welsh mant (‘mandible, gums’), Hittite 𒈨𒂊𒉌𒄿 (me-e-ni-i /⁠mēni⁠/) (me-e-ni-i /⁠mēni⁠/, ‘face, cheek’). More speculatively, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *stemn- (‘mouth, muzzle’), whence *stamnijō (‘voice, sound’) (compare Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma) (stóma)), via earlier *stment-, in which case resemblance to the suffix *-mn̥ would be accidental. Compare also Ancient Greek μάσαομαι (másaomai) (másaomai, ‘to chew, bite’), Latin mandō (‘to chew’), though some details are disputed.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	munþaz	munþōz, munþōs
Acc.	munþą	munþanz
Gen.	munþas, munþis	munþǫ̂
Dat.	munþai	munþamaz
Inst.	munþō	munþamiz
Voc.	munþ	munþōz, munþōs

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Descendants

*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- munt, mūth (Old Dutch)
  - mont (Middle Dutch)
    - móndj (Limburgish)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- munt, mūth (Old Dutch)
  - mont (Middle Dutch)
    - mond, mondt, mont (Dutch)
      - mond (Afrikaans)
      - mon (Javindo)
      - mon (Petjo)
      - mont (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- munt, mūth (Old Dutch)
  - mont (Middle Dutch)
    - mond, mondt, mont (Dutch)
      - mond, mon, mun, mont (Negerhollands)
        
        mon, mout (Virgin Islands Creole)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- mūþ (Old English)
  - mouth, moueþ, mouthe, mouþ, mouþe, muð, muth, muþ (Middle English)
    - mouth, maath (English)
    - mooth (Scots)
    - meouth, moweth, mouth (Yola)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- mūth, mund, mond (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - *Mund (Saterland Frisian)
  - mûn (West Frisian)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- mūth, mund, mond (Old Frisian)
  - mûde, mûye (Middle Dutch)
    - muide, mui (Dutch)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- mund (Old High German)
  - munt (Middle High German)
    - Mund (German)
    - Mond (Luxembourgish)
*munþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- mūth, mund (Old Saxon)
  - munt, mont (Middle Low German)
    - Mund (Low German)
      - Mund (German Low German)
      - mund, mun (Scots)
muðr (Old Norse)
- muð, munn (Elfdalian)
- mun (English)
- munnur, muður (Faroese)
- mun (Gutnish)
- munnur (Icelandic)
- moinnj (Norn)
- munn (Norwegian)
muðr (Old Norse)
- mun (Old Danish)
  - mund (Danish)
muðr (Old Norse)
- munder (Old Swedish)
  - mun (Swedish)
munnr (Old Norse)
- muð, munn (Elfdalian)
- mun (English)
- munnur, muður (Faroese)
- mun (Gutnish)
- munnur (Icelandic)
- moinnj (Norn)
- munn (Norwegian)
munnr (Old Norse)
- mun (Old Danish)
  - mund (Danish)
munnr (Old Norse)
- munder (Old Swedish)
  - mun (Swedish)
𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs) (Gothic)

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