Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muniwu

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).

Noun

*muniwu f

small fish, minnow

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muniwu
Genitive	*muniwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muniwu	*muniwō
Accusative	*muniwā	*muniwā
Genitive	*muniwā	*muniwō
Dative	*muniwē	muniwōm, muniwum
Instrumental	*muniwu	muniwōm, muniwum

Related terms

*minni

Descendants

Old English: *mynu, myne
- Middle English: menowe, menawe, menew, meney, menow, menwu
  - English: minnow, minny, minnie
  - Scots: mennon, minnon
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
- Middle High German: *munne, *münne, *müne
  - German: Münne (< *münne)
  - Luxembourgish: Minn (< *müne)

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