Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/manu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *manō.

Noun

*manu f

1. mane

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*manu
Genitive	*manā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*manu	*manō
Accusative	*manā	*manā
Genitive	*manā	*manō
Dative	*manē	*manōm, *manum
Instrumental	*manu	*manōm, *manum

Related terms

• *mani

Descendants

• Old English: manu
  • Middle English: mane
    • Scots: mane
    • English: mane
• Old Frisian: *mane; mana, mona
  • North Frisian: man
  • Saterland Frisian: Moone
  • West Frisian: moannen, moanjes
• Old Saxon: *mana
  • Middle Low German: māne, man
    • German Low German: Mahn
• Old Dutch: *mana
  • Middle Dutch: māne
    • Dutch: maan
      • ⇒ Afrikaans: maanhaar
    • Limburgish: maan
• Old High German: mana
  • Middle High German: man, mane
    • German: Mähne
    • Luxembourgish: Munn