Where does “mais” come from?

mais (Romansch) comes from Latin mensis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mais (Romansch): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmensismonth; dative plural of mēnsa; ablative plural of...
2Proto-Italicmēnsis—
3Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Italic mēns →
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