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-.

Manu (English): A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood

Definitions

  1. A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood

Ancestry of “Manu”, step by step

Manu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English manufacturer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanufacturerA person or company that manufactures
2EnglishmanufactureThe action or process of making goods...
3Middle Frenchmanufacturecreation; manufacture
4Italianmanufactura
5Medieval Latinmanufactura
6Latinfaciōto do
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōriusory
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Sanskrit मनु

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमनुthinking, wise, intelligent; man, mankind; Manu,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanmánuṣ
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmánuš
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s