Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnōþs

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, related to *mēnô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.nɔːθs/

Noun

*mēnōþs m

month

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *mēnōþs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēnōþs	*mēnōþiz
vocative	*mēnōþ	*mēnōþiz
accusative	*mēnōþų	*mēnōþunz
genitive	*mēnōþiz	*mēnōþǫ̂
dative	*mēnōþi	*mēnōþumaz
instrumental	*mēnōþē	*mēnōþumiz

Derived terms

*austrōmēnōþs
*azanimēnōþs

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mānōþ
- Old English: mōnaþ, mōnað
  - Middle English: moneth, month, monþ, moneþ, monæþ
    - English: month
    - Scots: moneth
- Old Frisian: mōnath
  - North Frisian: muunt
  - Saterland Frisian: Mound
  - West Frisian: moanne
- Old Saxon: mānuth
  - Middle Low German: mānet, mānt
    - Low German: Maand (Northern Germany), Maond (Westphalia)
    - Plautdietsch: Moonat
- Old Dutch: *mānoth
  - Middle Dutch: mānet, maent
    - Dutch: maand
      - Afrikaans: maand
      - Jersey Dutch: mânt, mônt, mönt
      - Negerhollands: maent, maand
- Old High German: mānōd
  - Middle High German: mānōt
    - Cimbrian: maanont
    - German: Monat
      - → Yiddish: מאָנאַט‎ (monat)
    - Luxembourgish: Mount
Old Norse: mánaðr
- Icelandic: mánuður
- Faroese: mánaður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: månad
- Elfdalian: månað
- Old Swedish: mānaþer
  - Swedish: månad
- Old Danish: maanædh
  - Danish: måned
    - Norwegian Bokmål: måned
- Old Gutnish: manaþr
  - Gutnish: måne, mån', mane, mana
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs)

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