Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗intj
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
pron
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUsed to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person. · You; construed in the third person. · Any person, one
From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of mann and Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man” and “husband”, with some specific cases noted. In Ingvaeonic (the languages closest to English): :* Low German Mann :* North Frisian maan, man, moon, muon :* Saterland Frisian Mon :* Scots man :* West Frisian man :* Yola man In the remainder of West Germanic: :* Alemannic German ma, Maa, Mann, mo, mà, Mànn :* Bavarian Mo, mon, moon, Må, mònn :* Cimbrian man, mann, månn :* Dutch, Limburgish, and Zealandic man :* German and Luxembourgish Mann :* Mòcheno mònn :* Vilamovian maon, mon, mōn :* Yiddish מאַן (man) In East Germanic: :* Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna), which meant “man”, “human“ and “person”, but likely also “husband” In North Germanic: :* Danish mand :* Faroese and Icelandic maður, both additionally meaning “human” and “person”, as in Old Norse :* Gutnish and Swedish man :* Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk mann :* Norwegian Nynorsk mainnj :* Old Norse maðr Outside Germanic: : Indo-Iranian: ::* Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (manuš, “human”) ::* Sanskrit मनुस् (manus, “human”), मनु (manu, “human; humanity; thought”; “thinking; wise; intelligent”) ::* Also Sanskrit म॒नु॒ष्य॑ (manuṣyà, “human; man; huband”, whence English manusya) : Slavic (all of these mean “man” and “husband”, though in some cases the former is no longer part of the modern standard): ::* Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian муж (muž) ::* Bulgarian мъж (măž) ::* Czech and Slovak muž ::* Macedonian маж (maž) ::* Polish mąż (“husband”; the meaning “man” is obsolete, akin to English wife) ::* Serbo-Croatian му̑ж, mȗž ::* Slovene mož
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*mon-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmanenm
- Inherited-form mentionmannang · human being, person, man
- Inherited-form mention*manngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mann-gem-pro · man
- Inherited-form mention*mon-ine-pro · human being, man
- Doublet mentionmannen
- Doublet mentionManuen
- Cognate mentionMannnds
- Cognate mentionmaan,man,moon,muonfrr
- Cognate mentionMonstq
- Cognate mentionmansco
- Cognate mentionmanfy
- Cognate mentionmanyol
- Cognate mentionma,Maa,Mann,mo,mà,Mànngsw
- Cognate mentionMo,mon,moon,Må,mònnbar
- Cognate mentionman,mann,månncim
- Cognate mentionmònnmhn
- Cognate mentionmaon,mon,mōnwym
- Cognate mentionמאַןyi
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰got
- Cognate mentionmandda
- Cognate mentionmainnjnn
- Cognate mentionmaðrnon
- Cognate mention𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱ae
- Cognate mentionम॒नु॒ष्य॑sa · human; man; huband
- Cognate mentionмъжbg
- Cognate mentionмажmk
- Cognate mentionmążpl
- Cognate mentionму̑ж,mȗžsh
- Cognate mentionmožsl
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