Where does “Manne” come from?
Manne (English) comes from French manne, from Middle Dutch manne, from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל — God is with us.
Ancestry of “Manne”, step by step
Manne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French manne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | manne | manna; godsend; large wicker basket |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | manne | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 6 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 7 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 8 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |
via Yiddish מרדכי
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מרדכי | Mordecai biblical character |
| 2 | Hebrew | מָרְדֳּכַי | — |