Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Mānini dag

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 *Mānini (“the Moon's”) +‎ *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Lūnae (“Monday”, literally “day of the Moon”).

Noun

*Mānini dag m

1. Monday

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Mānini dag
Genitive	*Mānini dagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Mānini dag	*Mānini dagō, *Mānini dagōs
Accusative	*Mānini dag	*Mānini dagā
Genitive	*Mānini dagas	*Mānini dagō
Dative	*Mānini dagē	*Mānini dagum
Instrumental	*Mānini dagu	*Mānini dagum

Descendants

• Old English: mōnandæg
  • Middle English: Monday, Monenday, Moneday, moneday
    • English: Monday (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Monanday
    • Yola: Mondei
• Old Frisian: mōnadei
  • North Frisian: mundai, moundi
  • Saterland Frisian: Moundai
  • West Frisian: moandei
• Old Saxon: *mānundag
  • Middle Low German: mânendach
    • German Low German: Maandag, Moondag

      Plautdietsch: Mondach

• Old Dutch: *mānendag
  • Middle Dutch: mâendach
    • Dutch: maandag
      • Afrikaans: Maandag
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: mandaka
      • Jersey Dutch: Mândix
      • Negerhollands: maendag, maandag
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: móndak
      • → Lokono: mandakha, mondakha
      • → Mohegan-Pequot: mundetar
      • → Trió: mandi
    • Limburgish: maondig
    • West Flemish: moandag
• Old High German: mānitag, mānetag, māntag, mānintag
  • Middle High German: māntac, mæntac, māndac, mændac, mōntac, mēntac
    • Alemannic German: Määntig, Mändig, mäntag, Mäntig, meintog, méntag, miantag, mìntàg

      Swabian: Mäntig, Medich, Medig

    • Bavarian: Monda, Maada, Moantog, Mondåg, Montog, Moontig, Muuntig, Maantig; montach, monti

      Cimbrian: matak, menta, méentag

      Mòcheno: ma'ta

    • Central Franconian: Mondaach

      Hunsrik: Montach

      Kölsch: Mondach

      Luxembourgish: Méindeg

    • East Franconian: Maadich
    • German: Montag
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Mundaag, Muundaag

    • Vilamovian: möntaog
    • Yiddish: מאָנטיק (montik)
• → Old Norse: mánadagr, mánudagr (calque)
  • Icelandic: mánadagur, mánudagur
  • Faroese: mánadagur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: måndag
  • Old Swedish: mānadagher
    • Swedish: måndag
  • Old Danish: mandagh
    • Danish: mandag
      • Norwegian Bokmål: mandag
  • Gutnish: mandag, mandagar, måndagar
  • → Finnish: maanantai
  • → Lule Sami: mánnodahka
  • → Northern Sami: mánnodat
  • → Southern Sami: måanta

See also

Days of the week in Proto-West Germanic · *wikōn dagō (layout · text)
*Sunnōn dag	*Mānini dag	*Tīwas dag	*Wōdanas dag	*Þunras dag	*Frījā dag	*Sāturnas dag