Where does “måned” come from?
måned (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish måned, from Old Danish maanædh, from Old Norse mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
måned (Norwegian Bokmål): month
Ancestry of “måned”, step by step