|
|
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 *mundō.
Noun
*mundu f
- hand
- (measurement) hand's breadth
- protection, guardianship
- protector, guardian
Inflection
| ō-stem
|
|
|
Singular
|
| Nominative
|
*mundu
|
| Genitive
|
*mundā
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| Nominative
|
*mundu
|
*mundō
|
| Accusative
|
*mundā
|
*mundā
|
| Genitive
|
*mundā
|
*mundō
|
| Dative
|
*mundē
|
*mundōm, *mundum
|
| Instrumental
|
*mundu
|
*mundōm, *mundum
|
Descendants
- Old English: mund
- Old Frisian: mund (“guardian, guardianship”)
- Old Saxon: mund (“hand”)
- Middle Low German: munt
- ⇒ German Low German: Vörmundskupp
- Old Dutch: *mund
- Old High German: munt, munta (“hand, protection”)
- Middle High German: munt
- German: Mund, Munt (“legal power of protection”)