Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mānōþ

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 *mēnōþs.

Noun

*mānōþ m^[1]

month

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mānōþ
Genitive	*mānōþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mānōþ	*mānōþi
Accusative	*mānōþu	*mānōþi
Genitive	*mānōþi	*mānōþō
Dative	*mānōþi	*mānōþum
Instrumental	*mānōþi	*mānōþum

Descendants

Old English: mōnaþ, mōnoþ, mōnað — edh spelling
- Middle English: moneth, moneþ, month, monthe, monþ, monæþ (Early Middle English)
  - 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

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57: “*mānōþ”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57: “*mānōþ”

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