Cognate Set 76 – Meaning: man

IE-CoR reference form:
*men-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*mannan- [Proto-Germanic] scale: 4
Justification:
Indo-Iranic and Slavic lexemes derived from a PIE root *men- (KEWA II:575-576, ESSJa 20:158-161, Derksen 2008:330). Quite possibly (but not certainly) also cognate with Proto-Germanic *mannan- in cognate set 8248, cf. further discussion in that cognate set.
Found in clades:
Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 30 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
77   Bulgarian m″ž мъж mɤʃ mɤʒ
96   Belarusian mužčyna мужчына muʂˈtʂɨnɑ̈ muʐˈtʂina
91   Czech muž muʃ muʒ
29   Nepali mānche मान्छे mantʃe
86   Polish mężczyzna mɛɰ̃ʂˈtʂɘ̟znɑ̈ meŋʐˈtʂɨzna
95   Russian mužčina мужчина mʊˈʃːinɐ muʐˈtʃina
21   Sinhalese minisā / minihā මිනිසා / මිනිහා miniha
76   Old Church Slavonic mǫžĭ мѫжь mɔ̃ʒɪ̆ mõʒɪ
89   Slovak muž muʃ muʒ
32   Kashmiri mohnyu مُہنیو mohnʲu mohnju
81   Serbo-Croat muškarac muʂˈkɑ̈̌ːrɑ̈ts muʐˈkǎːrats
92   Sorbian: Upper muž muʃ muʒ
93   Sorbian: Lower muski ˈmuskʲi ˈmuski An alternative lexeme is 'muž' with the same root.
78   Macedonian maž маж mɑ̈ʃ maʒ An alternative derivative is 'машко'.
26   Bhojpuri manai मनई mənəɪ
33   Palula míiš مِیش miːɕ míiɕ
85   Old Polish mąż, mężczy(z)na ˈmɒ̃ːʐ/ʂ, mã̠ʐ/ʂtʂɨzna̠ mãːʐ, ˈmãʐtʂizna
90   Old Czech muž muʒ muʒ
94   Old Novgorod mužĭ мужь ˈmuʒ ˈmuʒ
79   Macedonian: Suho mъ̀nč məntʃ məndʒ
80   Macedonian: Visoka mъ̀nč məntʃ məndʒ
83   Slovene moški ˈmɔ̀ːʃki ˈmɔ̀ːʒki
84   Slovene: Kostel moški ˈmo̝ʃke̝ ˈmo̝ʒke̝
82   Slovene: Early Modern moṡh
22   Assamese mānuh মানুহ mɑnuɦ
35   Gawarbati maanuṣ ماݨوݭ mãːˈɳʊ˞ʂ maːnuʂ GM m'ānuṣ
36   Khowar mooš موش mɔ̃ːɕ mɔ̀ɕ
34   Gawri mīš مِیش mḭːɕ miːɕ H(L)
39   Kâta-vari: Eastern mânš′a manč′i mantʃˈi manʃˈɨ
41   Kalaṣa-alâ: Nišeigrâm muša muʃˈɐ muʃˈɐ
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 330
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from PIE *mon-g⁽ʷ⁾io- and to be connected with Sanskrit mánu- 'man, mankind' and OHG mann 'man, husband'.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:575-576
    S.v. mánuḥ 'Mensch, Mann, Menschheit', to be connected with Germanic lexemes via Goth. manna, OHG man, etc. and OCS mǫžь, etc. The cognates should thus be derived from one of the PIE *men- roots. However, due to several homophonous *men- roots reconstructable for PIE it is difficult to determine from which one exactly [cf. LIV²: 435-437].
  • Scarborough, Matthew:
    On the proposed cognacy of the Germanic lexemes from Proto-Germanic *mannan- to this class, cf. the notes in [cognate set 8248](cog-8248).
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 20: 158-161
    PS *mǫžĭ is related to Old Indic manu-, manus-, Old High German mann etc. and derived from PIE *manu-(s) or *monu-(s) 'man', further probably from *men- 'think'. The exact protoform for Slavic is *mon-g-i̯o-.