Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnōþs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, related to *mēnô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.nɔːθs/

Noun

*mēnōþs m

month

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *mēnōþs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēnōþs	*mēnōþiz
vocative	*mēnōþ	*mēnōþiz
accusative	*mēnōþų	*mēnōþunz
genitive	*mēnōþiz	*mēnōþǫ̂
dative	*mēnōþi	*mēnōþumaz
instrumental	*mēnōþē	*mēnōþumiz

Derived terms

*austrōmēnōþs
*azanimēnōþs
*hailagamēnōþs

Descendants

Old English: mōnaþ, mōnað
- Middle English: moneth, month, monþ, moneþ, monæþ, moneþe
  - 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
Old High German: mānōd
- Middle High German: mānōt
  - Cimbrian: maanont
  - German: Monat
    - → Yiddish: מאָנאַט‎ (monat)
  - Luxembourgish: Mount
Old Norse: mánaðr
- Icelandic: mánuður
- Faroese: mánaður
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: måned
  - Nynorsk: månad
- Old Swedish: mānaþer
  - Swedish: månad
- Danish: måned
- Westrobothnian: måɳe, mɑɳe, mani (merged with *mēnô)
- Old Gutnish: manaþr
  - Gutnish: måne, mån', mane, mana
- Elfdalian: månað
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs)