Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mon-

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Proto-Indo-European

Alternative forms

*mongʷ-

Noun

*mon-

man, human being

Hypernyms

*ǵʰmṓ

Hyponyms

*wiHrós

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mon- (27 c, 0 e)

*mon-us
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mánuš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mánuṣ
    - Sanskrit: मनु (mánu), मनुस् (mánus) (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Iranian: *mánuš
    - Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (manuš)
  - →? Proto-Ugric: *mańćɜ
    - ⇒ Old Hungarian: mogyër
      - Hungarian: magyar (“Hungarian”) (see there for further descendants)
    - Mansi:
      - Northern Mansi: ма̄ньси (mānʹsi, “Mansi”)
      - Eastern Mansi: маньсь (manʹsʹ, “Mansi”)
*mon-us-i-yōs
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *manušíyas
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *manuṣíyas
    - Sanskrit: मनुष्य (manuṣyà) (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Nuristani: *mannušá
    - Northern Nuristani:
      - Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: manšë́
        
        Kativiri: manšë́
      - Prasuni: muš, mūšū
    - Southern Nuristani:
      - Waigali: mušë
*mongʷ-yós
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mangjás
  - Proto-Slavic: *mǫžь (see there for further descendants)
*n̥-mn̥gʷ-yṓ-nós
- (possibly) Proto-Hellenic: *əməďďṓn (“manless, husbandless”)
  - Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “female warriors”)

Descendants

(probably) Proto-Germanic: *mann- (see there for further descendants)