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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · human person

*mann-

human being; person

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European extended form · human extended form

*manu-

human being; man

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Proto-Germanic *mann- is analyzed under the extended Indo-European form *manu-.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The human-being noun continues across the reconstructed stages.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Indo-European Roots: man-1 and men-1man-1: extended forms *manu- and *manw-

Publishes the reconstructed extended form.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 739man

*mann- → *manu-

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