Where does “māne” come from?
māne (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse máni, from Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
Ancestry of “māne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | máni | the moon |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᛗᚨᚾᛟ | the moon |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mēnô | moon |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗh₁n̥s | moon; month |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |