Where does “māno” come from?

māno (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic mānō, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

māno (Old Dutch): moon

Definitions

  1. moon

Ancestry of “māno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmānōmoon
2Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “māno

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥sEvery word from Proto-Germanic mēnô