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Indo-European Roots: man-1 and men-1
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly reference
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Is man derived from the Indo-European think root?
Not in the reviewed American Heritage analysis. It publishes man-¹, human being, separately from men-¹, to think.
Separate man-1 and men-1 entriesPublishes the roots as distinct analyses.
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mann → *mann-
Old English → Proto-Germanic · inheritance
- SOUND
- Old English mann reflects Proto-Germanic *mann-.
- MEANING
- The human-person field remains visible across Germanic.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
man-1: Germanic *manna- to Old English mannPublishes the Germanic formation and English reflex.
*mann- → *manu-
Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance
- SOUND
- Proto-Germanic *mann- is analyzed under the extended Indo-European form *manu-.
- MEANING
- The human-being noun continues across the reconstructed stages.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
man-1: extended forms *manu- and *manw-Publishes the reconstructed extended form.
*manu- → *man-¹
Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · derivation
- SOUND
- Extended *manu- is built on the root *man-¹.
- MEANING
- The extension forms a human-being noun without invoking the separate think root.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
man-1 root heading and extended formsAnalyzes the extension under the human root.
*man-¹ → UNKNOWN
Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary
- SOUND
- No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *man-¹.
- MEANING
- The human-being trail ends before unsupported root-merging.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- SET-U editorial boundary
Separate man-1 and men-1 entriesDefines the evidence boundary and rejects silent merger with the think root.
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Indo-European linguistic horizon
Publishes the reconstructed stages.
man-1 root and extended *manu- · uncertainGermanic linguistic horizon
Publishes the Germanic formation.
man-1: Germanic *manna- · broadNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
WORD-FAMILY REUSE
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