Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mandu

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

Unknown;^[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *menth₂- (“to whisk, stir”).^[2]

Noun

*mandu f

basket
Synonym: *korb

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mandu
Genitive	*mandā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mandu	*mandō
Accusative	*mandā	*mandā
Genitive	*mandā	*mandō
Dative	*mandē	mandōm, mandum
Instrumental	*mandu	mandōm, mandum

Descendants

Old English: mand, mond
Old Saxon: *manda
- Middle Low German: mande
  - German Low German:
    Westmünsterländisch: Mände, Männe (Gescher, Raesfeld, Ramsdorf, Rhede, Vreden), Mande (Borken, Rhede, Vreden), Mäinde (Stadtlohn, Südlohn, Weseke)
    - → German: Mande, Mand
Old Dutch: *manda
- Middle Dutch: mande
  - Dutch: mand
    - Afrikaans: mandjie (from the diminutive)
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: mánki
    - → Mohegan-Pequot: manodah
    - → Saramaccan: mánda
  - → Old French: mande^[3]^[4]
    - Middle French: mande, manne
      - French: manne, (dialectal) mande
        → Breton: man
    - → Middle English: maunde, mawnde, maundye, maundie, mande^[5]^[4]
      - English: maund
      - Scots: mand
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: mandeken, mandekijn
    - → Old French: mannequin^[3]^[4]
      - Middle French: mannequin
        French: mannequin (“small horticultural basket”)

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Mande”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 458
^ Franck, Johannes (1892) “mand”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 A. J., Greimas (1968) “I. mande”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN, page 389
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “mand”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 451
^ “maundẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Mande”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 458

[2] Franck, Johannes (1892) “mand”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

[DAF-3] 3.0 ^3.1 A. J., Greimas (1968) “I. mande”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN, page 389

[van_der_Sijs-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “mand”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 451

[5] “maundẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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