Where does “mane” come from?

Mane comes from Middle English mane, from Old English man, from Old English mann, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning to think or remember.

mane (English): Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal,...

Definitions

  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal,...

Ancestry of “mane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmaneAlternative form of man; A mane
2Old Englishmanumane
3Proto-West Germanic*manumane
4Proto-Germanicmanōmane
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmony-withers, crest, mane; crest, mane

Words derived from “mane”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mony- →Every word from Proto-Germanic manō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *manu →
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