Etymology

manx

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Today it means: Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people. Full definition →

Old Norse *manskr ← Old Irish Mana
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromMana
  2. Old Norse · derived from*manskr
  3. English todayManx

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

Words from the same roots

Old Norse*manskr all →

manks

Old IrishMana all →

manmanks

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.