Where does “moan” come from?
moan (English) comes from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
moan (English): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure;...
Definitions
- a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure;...
Ancestry of “moan”, step by step
moan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Mone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Mone | A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression |
| 2 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 4 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |