mennisko

Old High German

Alternative forms

• mennisk

Etymology

Substantivization of the adjective mennisk, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”).

Noun

mennisko m

1. a man
2. a human; a human being

Descendants

• Middle High German: mensch, mensche
  • Alemannic German: Mänsch
  • Bavarian: Mensch

    Mòcheno: mènsch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Mensch

    Kölsch: Minsch

    Luxembourgish: Mënsch

  • German: Mensch
  • Rhine Franconian: Mensch (Frankfurterisch)

    Pennsylvania German: Mensch

  • Vilamovian: menś
  • Yiddish: מענטש (mentsh)
    • → English: mensch