Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mon-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*mon-

man, human being

Synonyms

(man): *wiHrós

Hypernyms

*ǵʰmṓ

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mon-

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mangjás (< *mongʷyós)
- Proto-Slavic: *mǫžь (see there for further descendants)
(probably) Proto-Germanic: *mann- (see there for further descendants)
(possibly) Proto-Hellenic: *əməďďṓn (“manless, husbandless”) (< *n̥mn̥gʷyṓ)
- Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “female warriors”)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mánuš (< *mónus), *manušyás (< *monusyós)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mánuṣ, *manuṣyás
  - Sanskrit: मनु (mánu), मनुष्य (manuṣyá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *mánuš
  - Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱‎ (manuš)
- Proto-Nuristani: *mannušá
  - Northern Nuristani:
    - Kamkata-viri:
      Kamviri: manšë́
      
      Kativiri: manšë́
    - Prasuni: muš, mūšū
  - Southern Nuristani:
    - Waigali: mušë

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