Where does “māntag” come from?

māntag (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic mēniniz dagaz, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “māntag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēniniz dagazMonday
2Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnô →