Where does “mėnulis” come from?

mėnulis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian mėnuo, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mėnulis (Lithuanian): moon

Definitions

  1. moon

Ancestry of “mėnulis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmėnuomonth; moon
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Lithuanian mėnuo →