Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).
Pronunciation
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*mēnô m
- moon
Inflection
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masculine an-stemDeclension of *mēnô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*mēnô
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*mēnaniz
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vocative
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*mēnô
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*mēnaniz
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accusative
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*mēnanų
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*mēnanunz
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genitive
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*mēniniz
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*mēnanǫ̂
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dative
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*mēnini
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*mēnammaz
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instrumental
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*mēninē
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*mēnammiz
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Related terms
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *mānō
- Old English: mōna, mōne
- Middle English: mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona
- English: moon
- Sranan Tongo: mun
- Tok Pisin: mun
- Torres Strait Creole: mun
- Scots: muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne
- Yola: mond
- Geordie English: 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
- German: Mond
- Luxembourgish: Mound
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Muhn
- Vilamovian: mönd
- Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano)
- Old Norse: máni
- → Proto-Samic: *mānō (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna)
- Crimean Gothic: mine