FromProto-Indo-European*méh₁nōs, from*mḗh₁n̥s(“moon, month”). Originally s-stem, later remodeled as n-stem based on nominative singular.[1] Cognate withLithuanianmė́nuo.
*mēnô m[1]
- moon
Declension of*mēnô (masculine an-stem) | singular | plural |
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| nominative | *mēnô | *mēnaniz |
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| vocative | *mēnô | *mēnaniz |
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| accusative | *mēnanų | *mēnanunz |
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| genitive | *mēniniz | *mēnanǫ̂ |
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| dative | *mēnini | *mēnammaz |
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| instrumental | *mēninē | *mēnammiz |
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- *Mēnô(“the moon personified as a god”)
- Proto-West Germanic:*mānō
- Old English:mōna m,mōne f
- Middle English:mone,moone,mon,moyn,monæ,mona
- English:moon
- → Japanese:ムーン
- Sranan Tongo:mun
- Tok Pisin:mun
- Torres Strait Creole:mun
- Scots:muin,mone,monne,moon,moune,mowne,moyn,moyne,mune,mwne
- Yola:mond
- Geordie:muin,meun
- Old Frisian:mōna
- Old Saxon:māno
- Old Dutch:māno
- Old High German:māno
- Middle High German:māne,mān,mōne,mōn
- Alemannic German:Maan,manä,meini,moanu,Mond,manòd,mànund
- Swabian:Moo,Mao
- Bavarian:Mou,mone
- Cimbrian:maano,ma,må
- Mòcheno:mu'
- Central Franconian:Mond,Muund(rare variant in Moselle Franconian)
- German:Mond
- Luxembourgish:Mound
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German:Muhn
- Vilamovian:mönd
- Yiddish:מאָנט(mont)
- Proto-Norse:*ᛗᚨᚾᛟ(*mano),*ᛗᚨᚾᚨ(*mana/mānā/)
- Old Norse:máni
- → Proto-Samic:*mānō (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic:𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰(mēna)
- Crimean Gothic:mine
