Etymology

From Old Norse mánuðr, variant of mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs ‎(“month”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‎(“moon, month”). See also máni. Cognate with Faroese mánaður, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål måned and Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk månad, English month, Old English mōnaþ, German Monat, Dutch maand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmauːnʏːðʏr/