Where does “Mond” come from?

Mond (German) comes from Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic mānō, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Mond (German): A moon, a natural satellite that is orbiting its...

Definitions

  1. A moon, a natural satellite that is orbiting its...

Ancestry of “Mond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmāne
2Old High Germanmānomoon
3Proto-West Germanicmānōmoon
4Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “Mond

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-