Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *munþaz Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_munþaz

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mant mandible, gums μάσαομαι to chew, bite στόμα 𒈨𒂊𒉌𒄿 face, cheek *mn̥-tó-s mouth, jaw *stemn- mouth, muzzle mandō to chew mentum chin

noun masculine a-stem mouth 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/, ‘face, cheek’). More speculatively, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *stemn- (‘mouth, muzzle’), whence *stamnijō (‘voice, sound’) (compare Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)), via earlier *stment-, in which case resemblance to the suffix *-mn̥ would be accidental. Compare also Ancient Greek μάσαομαι (másaomai, ‘to chew, bite’), Latin mandō (‘to chew’), though some details are disputed.