Where does “Monat” come from?

Monat (German) comes from Middle High German mānōt, from Old High German mānōd, from Proto-West Germanic mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Monat (German): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “Monat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmānōtmonth
2Old High Germanmānōdmonth
3Proto-West Germanicmānōþmonth
4Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “Monat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →