Where does “Manu” come from?

Manu derives from Sanskrit मनु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mánuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mánuš, from Proto-Indo-European men-.

Ancestry of “Manu”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	manufacturer	A person or company that manufactures
2	English	manufacture	The action or process of making goods...
3	Middle French	manufacture	creation; manufacture
4	Italian	manufactura	—
5	Medieval Latin	manufactura	—
6	Latin	faciō	—
7	Latin	-torium	nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8	Latin	-tōrius	—
9	Latin	-tor	-er
10	Proto-Italic	-tōr	—
11	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

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