Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailagamānōþ

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hailag (“holy”) +‎ *mānōþ (“month”).

Noun

*hailagamānōþ m

1. month of the Germanic calendar, correspondence varies.

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailagamānōþ
Genitive	*hailagamānōþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailagamānōþ	*hailagamānōþi
Accusative	*hailagamānōþu	*hailagamānōþi
Genitive	*hailagamānōþi	*hailagamānōþō
Dative	*hailagamānōþi	*hailagamānōþum
Instrumental	*hailagamānōþi	*hailagamānōþum

Descendants

• Old English: hāligmōnaþ (“September”)
• Old Saxon: hēlagmānuth (“September”)
• Old Dutch: heilmānōth (“December”)
• Old High German: hailagmānod (“December”) heilīgmānōd, heilīgenmānōd
  • German: Heiligmonat (obsolete)