Where words came from: "man", "human"

[Proto-Indo-European]

*mon- : man, human (man)
It has evolved into the following words:

[Balto-Slavic]

Proto-Slavic: *mǫžь (man)

This evolved into:
Russian: муж (muž) (husband)

[Indic]

Sanskrit: मनुष्य (manuṣya) (human, manly)

This evolved into:
Hindi: मानुस (mānus) (human, man, husband)

[Germanic]

Proto-Germanic: *mann- (man)

This evolved into:
English: man
Dutch: man (man), men (one, people (in general), they)
German: der Mann (man)
Swedish: en man (man)

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