Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/munþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“mouth, jaw”). Cognate with Latin mentum (“chin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmun.θɑz/

Noun

*munþaz m

mouth

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *munþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*munþaz	munþōz, munþōs
vocative	*munþ	munþōz, munþōs
accusative	*munþą	*munþanz
genitive	munþas, munþis	*munþǫ̂
dative	*munþai	*munþamaz
instrumental	*munþō	*munþamiz

Synonyms

*ōsaz

Descendants

Old English: mūþ
- Middle English: mouth
  - Scots: mouth
  - English: mouth
Old Frisian: mūth; mund, mond
- North Frisian: müd, müth, müss
- West Frisian: mûn
Old Saxon: mūth
- Middle Low German: munt, mont
  - Low German: Mund
  - → Scots: mund, mun
Old Dutch: munt
- Middle Dutch: mont
  - Dutch: mond
  - Limburgish: móndj
Old High German: mund
- Middle High German: munt
  - German: Mund
  - Luxembourgish: Mond
Old Norse: muðr, munnr
- Icelandic: munnur
- Faroese: munnur, muður
- Norn: moinnj
- Norwegian: munn
- Old Swedish: munder
  - Swedish: mun
- Old Danish: mun
  - Danish: mund
- Elfdalian: muð (acc. munn)
- Gutnish: mun
- Westrobothnian: mónn
- → English: mun (obsolete)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs)

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