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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).
Noun
*muniwu f
- small fish, minnow
Inflection
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Singular
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*muniwu
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| Genitive
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*muniwā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*muniwu
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*muniwō
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| Accusative
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*muniwā
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*muniwā
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| Genitive
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*muniwā
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*muniwō
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| Dative
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*muniwē
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*muniwōm, *muniwum
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| Instrumental
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*muniwu
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*muniwōm, *muniwum
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Descendants
- Old English: *mynu, myne
- Old Saxon: muniwa
- Middle Low German: mone, möne, mȫne
- → Dutch: meun
- → West Frisian: meun, mûne
- → Saterland Frisian: Mööne
- → German: Möhn
- Old High German: muniwa, munuwa, munwa, munewa
- Middle High German: münwe, *munne, *münne, *müne
- German: Münne (< *münne)
- Luxembourgish: Minn (< *müne)