Etymograph

English

Muninn

Muninn comes from Old Norse Muninn ‘memory, mind’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘mind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*muniz‘mind, memory’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350munr‘mind’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Muninn‘memory, mind’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘mind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*muniz‘mind, memory’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350munr‘mind’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Muninn‘memory, mind’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘mind’

money, music, mind, amount, comment, mental, mouth, mention, remain, permanent, monster, auto, museum, mountain, mount, monitor, monetary, min, demonstration, mentor, monk, monument, maya, dementia, monte, monastery, amnesty, mint, mosaic, summon, menace, mas, mantra, imminent, mont, monstrous, prominence, eminent, amnesia, mandarin, 128 more

Today it means

name One of a pair of ravens, the other being Huginn, who fly throughout the entire world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / Muninn

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