Old English mann reflects Proto-Germanic *mann-.
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mann
human being; person; man
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · human person*mann-
human being; person
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Indo-European Roots: man-1 and men-1man-1: Germanic *manna- to Old English mann
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