Where does “mâent” come from?
mâent (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mānoth, from Proto-West Germanic mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
Ancestry of “mâent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | mānoth | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | mānōþ | month |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mēnōþs | month |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗh₁n̥s | moon; month |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |
Words derived from “mâent”