
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.