mennish

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mon-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*mann-“person, human”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*manniskaz
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mannisk
5. Old English · inherited frommennisċ
6. Middle English · inherited frommennish“human”
7. English todaymennish

* Modern uses are probably men + -ish. * Older ones may be from Middle English mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person, human”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- or *men-. By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mannish, mense, and mensch.

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