Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mánuðr, variant of mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (month), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month). See also máni. Cognate with Faroese mánaður, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål måned and Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk månad, English month, Old English mōnaþ, German Monat, Dutch maand.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mánuður m (genitive singular mánaðar, nominative plural mánuðir)

  1. month

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