Where does “mōnaþ” come from?

mōnaþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mōnaþ (Old English): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mōnaþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mōnaþ”

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