mennisko

Old High German

Alternative forms

mennisk

Etymology

Substantivization of the adjective mennisk, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”).

Noun

mennisko m

a man
a human; a human being

Descendants

Middle High German: mensch, mensche
- Alemannic German: Mänsch
- Bavarian: Mensch
  Mòcheno: mènsch
- Central Franconian:
  Hunsrik: Mensch
  
  Kölsch: Minsch
  
  Luxembourgish: Mënsch
- German: Mensch
- Rhine Franconian: Mensch (Frankfurterisch)
  Pennsylvania German: Mensch
- Vilamovian: menś
- Yiddish: מענטש (mentsh)
  - → English: mensch

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