Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mundō

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

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *manus (“hand”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmun.dɔː/

Noun

*mundō f[1]

  1. hand
  2. protection, security

Inflection

Declension of *mundō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mundō *mundôz
vocative *mundō *mundôz
accusative *mundǭ *mundōz
genitive *mundōz *mundǫ̂
dative *mundōi *mundōmaz
instrumental *mundō *mundōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mundu
    • Old English: mund
      • Middle English: mund, mound
    • Old Frisian: mund (“guardian, guardianship”)
    • Old Saxon: mund (“hand”)
      • Middle Low German: munt
        • ⇒ German Low German: Vörmundskupp
    • Old Dutch: *mund
      • Middle Dutch: mond
        • Dutch: mond (obsolete)
    • Old High German: munt, munta (“hand, protection”)
      • Middle High German: munt
        • German: Mund, Munt (“legal power of protection”)
  • Old Norse: mund

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mundō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-6
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