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Where does “mânendach” come from?

mânendach (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon mānundag, from Proto-Germanic *mānini dag, from Latin dies Lūnae, from Ancient Greek σελήνη, from Ancient Greek Σέλας.

Ancestry of “mânendach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmānundag—
2Proto-Germanic*mānini dag—
3Latindies Lūnae—
4Ancient Greekσελήνηmoon; month; a moon-shaped cake
5Ancient GreekΣέλας—

Words derived from “mânendach”

  • Mondach
  • Maandag
Every word from Ancient Greek Σέλας →