Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muniwu

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-Indo-European *men- (“small”).

Noun

*muniwu f

1. small fish, minnow

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muniwu
Genitive	*muniwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muniwu	*muniwō
Accusative	*muniwā	*muniwā
Genitive	*muniwā	*muniwō
Dative	*muniwē	*muniwōm, *muniwum
Instrumental	*muniwu	*muniwōm, *muniwum

Related terms

• *minni

Descendants

• Old English: *mynu, myne
  • Middle English: menowe, menawe, menew, meney, menow, menwu
    • English: minnow, minny, minnie
    • Scots: mennon, minnon
• Old Saxon: muniwa
  • Middle Low German: mone, möne, mȫne
    • → Dutch: meun
    • → West Frisian: meun, mûne
    • → Saterland Frisian: Mööne
    • → German: Möhn
• Old High German: muniwa, munuwa, munwa
  • Middle High German: *munne, *münne, *müne
    • German: Münne (< *münne)
    • Luxembourgish: Minn (< *müne)