Etymology

mohn

M3O1H4N1

Today it means: A sweet pastry filling made of poppy seed paste, especially used in Central or Eastern European baked goods such as hamantaschen. Full definition →

German Mohn ← Yiddish מאָן
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mohn · noun1

  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromמאָן
  2. German · borrowed fromMohn
  3. English todaymohn

Borrowed from German Mohn or Yiddish מאָן (mon).

Mohn · proper noun2

From the German surname: * from the noun Mohn (“poppy”), * also from the old personal name Monrad, composed of the elements *mundiz (“thought, mind, spirit”) and *rēdaz (“counsel”), * also a variant of Moehn, from Möhn near Trier.

Words from the same roots

GermanMohn all →

moon

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