Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/munþ

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 *munþaz.

Noun

*munþ m

mouth

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*munþ
Genitive	*munþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*munþ	munþō, munþōs
Accusative	*munþ	*munþā
Genitive	*munþas	*munþō
Dative	*munþē	*munþum
Instrumental	*munþu	*munþum

Derived terms

*munþattjan

Descendants

Old English: mūþ
- Middle English: mouth, moueþ, mouthe, mouþ, mouþe, muð, muth, muþ (Early Middle English)
  - English: mouth
  - Scots: mooth
  - Yola: meouth, moweth, mouth
Old Frisian: mūth; mund, mond (forms with n likely from Low German)
- North Frisian: Mür, müs, mös, müd
- West Frisian: mûn
- Saterland Frisian: *Mund (in derivatives, e.g. mundpaas, mundelk)
- →⇒ Middle Dutch: mûde, mûye f (“mouth (of a river)”)
  - Dutch: muide, mui
Old Saxon: mūth, mund
- Middle Low German: munt, mont
  - Low German: Mund
    - German Low German: Mund
    - → Scots: mund, mun
Old Dutch: munt, mūth
- Middle Dutch: mont
  - Dutch: mond, (obsolete) mondt, mont
    - Afrikaans: mond
    - Javindo: mon
    - Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
    - Petjo: mon
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
  - Limburgish: móndj
Old High German: mund
- Middle High German: munt
  - German: Mund
  - Luxembourgish: Mond