Etymograph

English

Manx

Manx 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 1962Manx

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 1962Manx

Earliest quotation: 1962, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner: “At the rear there is a cut-off Manx tail,…”

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 Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.

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

Etymograph / Old Irish Mana / Manx

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