Mound

See also: mound

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From a merger of Middle High German māne (from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō), and Middle High German mānōt (from Old High German mānōd, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ).

The two words were merged throughout Central Franconian (compare Mond (“moon; month”)). The distinction between Mound and Mount in current Luxembourgish spelling mirrors German Mond versus Monat. The plural Mounden is a neologism also based on German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məʊ̯nt/
  • Homophone: Mount

Noun

Mound m (plural Mounden)

  1. moon

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mōnath, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ. Cognates include West Frisian moanne and German Monat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːu̯nd/
  • Hyphenation: Mound
  • Rhymes: -oːu̯nd

Noun

Mound n (plural Mounde)

  1. month

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Mound”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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