Where does “manskimo” come from?

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

manskimo (Old High German): moonlight, moonshine

Definitions

  1. moonlight, moonshine

Ancestry of “manskimo”, step by step

manskimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German māno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmānomoon
2Proto-West Germanicmānōmoon
3Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Old High German skīmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanskīmo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnô →