month

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
3. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
4. Proto-Germanic*mēnōþs
5. Proto-West Germanic*mānōþ
6. Old Englishmōnaþ
7. Middle Englishmon(e)th
8. English todaymonth

From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”), German Low German Maand (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”). Eclipsed non-native Old English calend (“month”), borrowed from Latin calendae.

Words from the same roots