Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/munþaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *men-to- (“mouth, jaw”), from *men-. Cognate with Latin mentum (“chin”). See Latin mandō for an alternative theory.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmun.θɑz/

Noun

*munþaz m

mouth

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *munþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*munþaz	munþōz, munþōs
vocative	*munþ	munþōz, munþōs
accusative	*munþą	*munþanz
genitive	munþas, munþis	*munþǫ̂
dative	*munþai	*munþamaz
instrumental	*munþō	*munþamiz

Synonyms

*ōsaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *munþ
- Old English: mūþ
  - Middle English: mouth
    - English: mouth
    - Scots: mooth
- Old Frisian: mūth; mund, mond
  - North Frisian: müd, müth, müss
  - Saterland Frisian: *Mund (in derivatives and compounds)
    - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: mundpaas (“bite-sized”)
    - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: mundelk (“oral”)
  - West Frisian: mûn
  - →⇒ Middle Dutch: mûde, mûye f (“mouth (of a river)”)
    - Dutch: muide, mui
- Old Saxon: mūth, mund
  - Middle Low German: munt, mont
    - German Low German: Mund
    - → Scots: mund, mun
- Old Dutch: munt
  - Middle Dutch: mont
    - Dutch: mond, 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
Old Norse: muðr, munnr
- Icelandic: munnur
- Faroese: munnur, muður
- Norn: moinnj
- Norwegian: munn
- Old Swedish: munder
  - Swedish: mun
- Old Danish: mun
  - Danish: mund
- Elfdalian: muð (acc. munn)
- Gutnish: mun
- → English: mun (obsolete)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs)

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/munþaz

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