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.

mâent (Middle Dutch): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mâent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmānothmonth
2Proto-West Germanicmānōþmonth
3Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mâent”

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