Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mann

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.

From Proto-Germanic *mann-.

*mann m

1. person, human, individual

   Synonyms: *karil, *leud

2. (as a pronoun) one, you

The rare Old English nominative singular form manna may be a remnant of an old n-stem form *manō or *mannō.

• (“man”): *gumō, *wer
• (“woman”): *idis, *wīb

• *gawjamann
• *kaupamann
• *mannōn
• *unmann
• *wardamann
• *werkamann
• *wīgamann

• Old English: mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna
  • Middle English: man, manne, mæn, mon, monne
    • English: man, -man (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: man
    • Yola: man
• Old Frisian: man, mon
  • North Frisian: maan
  • Saterland Frisian: Mon
  • West Frisian: man
• Old Saxon: mann
  • Middle Low German: man
    • German Low German: Mann
      • Plautdietsch: Maun
• Old Dutch: man
  • Middle Dutch: man
    • Dutch: man
    • Limburgish: man
    • Zealandic: man
• Old High German: man
  • Middle High German: man
    • Alemannic German: ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma'

      Swabian: Ma, Mâ, Mô, Mâo, Mâu

    • Bavarian: mon, mònn, moon, ma'

      Cimbrian: man, mann, månn

      Mòcheno: mònn

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Mann

    • East Central German:

      Silesian East Central German: Moan

    • German: Mann, man
    • Luxembourgish: Mann
    • Transylvanian Saxon: Mouen, Mäun
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Mann

    • Yiddish: מאַן (man)