man-

I. man-¹

Also mon-. Man.

1. Extended forms *manu-, *manw-.

a. man; leman, Norman¹, from Old English man(n) (plural menn), man;

b. fugleman, landsman², from Old High German man, man;

c. manikin, mannequin, from Middle Dutch man, man;

d. yeoman, from Old Frisian man, man;

e. Norman¹, ombudsman, from Old Norse madhr, mannr, man;

f. Alemanni, possibly from Germanic *Ala-manniz, tribal name (< “all men”: *ala-, all; see al-³). a-f all from Germanic *manna- (plural *manniz);

g. Manu, from Sanskrit manuḥ, man, from Indo-Iranian *manu-.

2. mensch, from Old High German mennisco, human, from Germanic adjective *manniska-, human, from *manna- (see 1).

3. muzhik, from Russian muzh, man, male, from Slavic suffixed form *mon-gyo-.

 

[Pokorny manu-s 700.]

  II. man-²

Hand.

Derivatives include manacle, maneuver, and manure.

1.

a. manacle, manage, manège, manner, manual, manubrium, manus; amanuensis, maintain, maneuver, manicotti, manicure, manifest, mansuetude, manufacture, manumit, manure, manuscript, mastiff, mortmain, quadrumanous, from Latin manus, hand;

b. maniple, manipulation, from Latin manipulus, handful (-pulus, perhaps -ful; see pelə-¹).

2. Suffixed form *man-ko-, maimed in the hand. manqué, from Latin mancus, maimed, defective.

3. emancipate, from Latin compound manceps, “he who takes by the hand,” purchaser (-ceps, agential suffix, “taker” see kap-).

4. mandamus, mandate, Maundy Thursday; command, commando, commend, countermand, demand, recommend, remand, from Latin compound mandāre, “to put into someone's hand,” entrust, order (-dere, to put; see dhē-).

 

[Pokorny mə-r 740.]

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