Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnōþs

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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 pre-Germanic *meh₁n-ot-s, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (month, moon), related to *mēnô.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*mēnōþs m[1]

  1. month

Inflection

Declension 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

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mēnōþ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365