Where does “mánuður” come from?

mánuður (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mánuðr, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mánuður (Icelandic): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mánuður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemánuðr—
2Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mánuður”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs →