man
Old Saxon
noun
Definitions
- human, person
- man
Etymology
Inherited from *mann inherited from Proto-Germanic *mann- (man, person, human, human being) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (man, neck, nape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mon-
Gloss
man, neck, nape
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Westman English
- lemman English
- manslaughter English
- woman English
- manus Latin
- montānus Latin
- Spielmann German
- *man- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *mánu- Proto-Indo-European
- *laidō Proto-Germanic
- *mann Proto-Germanic
- *mann- Proto-Germanic
- *manniskaz Proto-Germanic
- *manniz Proto-Germanic
- *mannz, *mann- Proto-Germanic
- *manō Proto-Germanic
- Norþmann Old English
- ceapmann Old English
- dwolmann Old English
- ealdormann Old English
- gedwolmann Old English
- gleomann Old English
- glædmann Old English
- hyrmann Old English
- ladmann Old English
- mancynn Old English
- mann Old English
- mannbære Old English
- mannleas Old English
- mannlice Old English
- manslaga Old English
- mennisc Old English
- sæmann Old English
- unmann Old English
- weorcmann Old English
- wifmann Old English
- wæpnedmann Old English
- æcermann Old English
- मनुष्य Sanskrit
- मन्या Sanskrit
- lemman Middle English
- man Middle English
- manne Middle English
- mon Middle English
- monne Middle English
- mæn Middle English
- arfsalsmaðr Old Norse
- arftǫkumaðr Old Norse
- athugamaðr Old Norse
- banamaðr Old Norse
- beizlumaðr Old Norse
- beiðslumaðr Old Norse
- blótmaðr Old Norse
- byrgismaðr Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- fáganarmaðr Old Norse
- galdramaðr Old Norse
- hávaðamaðr Old Norse
- karlmaðr Old Norse
- kvennamaðr Old Norse
- kvennmaðr Old Norse
- kviðmaðr Old Norse
- leikmaðr Old Norse
- makki Old Norse
- mann Old Norse
- manngi Old Norse
- mannkyn Old Norse
- maðr Old Norse
- nauðmaðr Old Norse
- nauðungarmaðr Old Norse
- norðmaðr Old Norse
- seiðmaðr Old Norse
- stríðsmaðr Old Norse
- trúnaðarmaðr Old Norse
- umboðsmaðr Old Norse
- vitrleiksmaðr Old Norse
- úfriðarmaðr Old Norse
- almen Danish
- *mǫžь Proto-Slavic
- maður Icelandic
- man Middle Dutch
- man Old High German
- maður Faroese
- man Middle High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *mann gmw-pro
- ambahtman Old Dutch
- man Old Dutch
- *monis Proto-Celtic
- man Middle Low German
- *manušyás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hovid Old Saxon
- hovidman Old Saxon
- newan Old Saxon
- maþer Old Swedish
- man Western Frisian
- man Old Frisian
- mon Old Frisian
- Mann German Low German
- man German Low German
- men Mòcheno
- Man North Frisian
- moon North Frisian
- Maun Plautdietsch
- mann Norn
- Moan East Central German