Where does “monatwiess” come from?

monatwiess (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Moonat, from Middle Low German mānet, from Old Saxon manuth, from Proto-West Germanic mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

monatwiess (Plautdietsch): per month

Definitions

  1. per month

Ancestry of “monatwiess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMoonatmonth
2Middle Low Germanmānet—
3Old Saxonmanuthmonth
4Proto-West Germanicmānōþmonth
5Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs →