Etymograph

English

Manks

Manks comes from Old Norse Mǫn ‘Isle of Man’, and goes back to Old Irish Mana.

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Mana
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350Mǫn‘Isle of Man’
  3. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350*manskrreconstructedadjectival form of Mǫn
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1648Manks

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Mana
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350Mǫn‘Isle of Man’
  3. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350*manskrreconstructedadjectival form of Mǫn
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1648Manks

Earliest quotation: c. 1648, William Blundell: “[…] the others marry with the Manks women, so…”

The story

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (‘Isle of Man’), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

Every English word from Old Irish Mana

Today it means

adj —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Irish Mana / Manks

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