Etymology

mund

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Today it means: A hand. Full definition →

Old English mund ← Proto-Germanic *mundō
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mundō“hand, protection, security”
  2. Old English · inherited frommund
  3. English todaymund

From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).

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