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From Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-(“to beckon”),[1] though de Vaan follows Schrijver reconstructing a *mon-u- derivation.[2] Compare Proto-Germanic*mundō(“hand; protection, security”), Hittite(manii̯aḫḫ-i, “to distribute, entrust”) (the latter said to be from *mn-ieh₂- by Kloekhorst[3]).
↑ 2.02.1De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “manus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 363–364
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, →ISBN, page 553