Mound

See also: mound

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From a merger of Middle High German māne (from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō), and Middle High German mānōt (from Old High German mānōd, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ).

The two words were merged throughout Central Franconian (compare Mond (“moon; month”)). The distinction between Mound and Mount in current Luxembourgish spelling mirrors German Mond versus Monat. The plural Mounden is a neologism also based on German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məʊ̯nt/
• Homophone: Mount

Noun

Mound m (plural Mounden)

1. moon

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mōnath, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ. Cognates include West Frisian moanne and German Monat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːu̯nd/
• Hyphenation: Mound
• Rhymes: -oːu̯nd

Noun

Mound n (plural Mounde)

1. month

Related terms

• Moune
• Moundai

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Mound”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN