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English word Man comes from Proto-Indo-European *men-, Proto-Indo-European *mony-, Proto-Indo-European *mAnw-, Old Norse monu, Old Norse man, Proto-Germanic *mainą (Damage, hurt. Unjustice, sin.), Proto-Germanic *mainaz (Mean, damaging, hurtful. Unjust, false.)

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*men- (Proto-Indo-European)

*mony- (Proto-Indo-European)

withers, crest, mane

*mAnw- (Proto-Indo-European)

man

monu (Old Norse)

man (Old Norse)

*mainą (Proto-Germanic)

Damage, hurt. Unjustice, sin.

*mainaz (Proto-Germanic)

Mean, damaging, hurtful. Unjust, false.

mān (Old English)

*mann- (Proto-Germanic)

(Runic alphabet) name of the M-rune (ᛗ). Man.

mann (Old English)

Man (adult male). Person, human. The rune ᛗ, representing the sound /m/.

mane (Middle English)

men (English)

(collective) (The) people, humanity.

Man (English)

(poetic) Humankind in general.. The genus Homo.

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