Manx

English

/mæŋks/

adj

Definitions

Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.
Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Goidelic language of the Celtic family.
Relating to the Manx cat breed.

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse *manskr derived from Old Irish Mana.

Origin

Old Irish

Mana

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Manxman English
Manxness English
Manxwoman English
Manx German
Man Dutch, Flemish
Manx Dutch, Flemish
Man Norwegian Bokmål
mansk Norwegian Bokmål
マンクス Japanese
*manskr Old Norse
Mana Old Irish
*moniyos Proto-Celtic