*mēnô

Runic: ᛗᛖᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɛː.nɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

moon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méh₁nōs, from *mḗh₁n̥s (‘moon, month’). Originally s-stem, later remodeled as n-stem based on nominative singular. Cognate with Lithuanian mė́nuo.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.mēnômēnaniz
Acc.mēnanųmēnanunz
Gen.mēninizmēnanǫ̂
Dat.mēninimēnammaz
Inst.mēninēmēnammiz
Voc.mēnômēnaniz

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Descendants

  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • māno (Old Dutch)
      • mâne (Middle Dutch)
        • maon (Limburgish)
        • moane (West Flemish)
        • maene, maone (Zealandic)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • māno (Old Dutch)
      • mâne (Middle Dutch)
        • maan, maen (Dutch)
          • maan (Afrikaans)
          • manti (Aukan)
          • manti (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • mân, môn (Jersey Dutch)
          • maand, man, maen (Negerhollands)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mōna, mōne (Old English)
      • mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona (Middle English)
        • muin, meun (Geordie)
        • muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne (Scots)
        • mond (Yola)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mōna, mōne (Old English)
      • mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona (Middle English)
        • moon (English)
          • ムーン (Japanese)
          • mun (Sranan Tongo)
          • mun (Tok Pisin)
          • mun (Torres Strait Creole)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mōna (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Moune (Saterland Frisian)
      • moanne (West Frisian)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • māno (Old High German)
      • māne, mān, mōne, mōn (Middle High German)
        • Maan, manä, meini, moanu, Mond, manòd, mànund (Alemannic German)
        • Mou, mone (Bavarian)
        • Mond, Muund (Central Franconian)
        • Mond (German)
        • Mound (Luxembourgish)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
        • mönd (Vilamovian)
        • מאָנט (mont) (Yiddish)
  • *mānō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • māno (Old Saxon)
      • mâne (Middle Low German)
        • Maan (Low German)
        • mon (Polabian)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano) (Proto-Norse)
    • *mānō (Proto-Samic)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • máni (Faroese)
      • mane (Gutnish)
      • máni (Icelandic)
      • måni (Norn)
      • måne (Norwegian)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • mānæ (Old Danish)
        • måne (Danish)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • māne (Old Swedish)
        • måne (Swedish)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*mana) (Proto-Norse)
    • *mānō (Proto-Samic)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*mana) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • máni (Faroese)
      • mane (Gutnish)
      • máni (Icelandic)
      • måni (Norn)
      • måne (Norwegian)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*mana) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • mānæ (Old Danish)
        • måne (Danish)
  • *ᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*mana) (Proto-Norse)
    • máni (Old Norse)
      • māne (Old Swedish)
        • måne (Swedish)
  • 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna) (Gothic)
  • mine (Crimean Gothic)

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