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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun

*mann m

1. person, human, individual

   Synonyms: *karil, *leud

2. (as a pronoun) one, you

Inflection

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

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Old English: mann, ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna
  • Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, 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)