mā-no-, mā-ni-

    mā-no-, mā-ni-

    English meaning: wet, damp

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht, naß”

    Material: Lat. münō, -üre “flow, stream”, hence “entspringen”; Bret. Vannes mün “Moos, lichen”, Welsh mawn “turf” from Brit. *mōni-, from which borrowed O.Ir. mōin f. “Moos, swamp, marsh, turf”; perhaps in addition ablaut. asächs. -mannia, -mennia in FlN and PN, as Throtmennia “Dortmund”, etc.

    References: WP. II 224, WH. II 30 f., J. Loth RC 42, 91 f.