Where does “manes” come from?

manes (Middle English) comes from Middle English mane, from Old English manu, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic manō, from Proto-Indo-European mony- — withers, crest, mane; crest, mane.

manes (Middle English): plural of mane

Definitions

  1. plural of mane

Ancestry of “manes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmaneAlternative form of man; A mane
2Old Englishmanumane
3Proto-West Germanic*manumane
4Proto-Germanicmanōmane
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmony-withers, crest, mane; crest, mane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mony- →Every word from Proto-Germanic manō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *manu →
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