Where does “mǫn” come from?

mǫn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic manō, from Proto-Indo-European mony- — withers, crest, mane; crest, mane.

mǫn (Old Norse): mane

Definitions

  1. mane

Ancestry of “mǫn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmanōmane
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmony-withers, crest, mane; crest, mane
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