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English word origin

Etymology of mane

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion. · Long or thick hair of a person's head. · Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionmaneenm
  • Inherited-form mentionmanuang · mane
  • Inherited-form mention*manugmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*manōgem-pro · mane
  • Derivation mention*mony-ine-pro
  • Cognate mentionmaannl
  • Cognate mentionMähnede · mane
  • Cognate mentionmanda · horse's mane
  • Cognate mentionmansv · horse's mane
  • Cognate mentionmönis · mane
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Eye dialect spelling of man.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.

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