mânz

• mînz

Origin disputed.

• Compare Aromanian mãndzu, Megleno-Romanian mǫndz; possibly from or related and cognate to Albanian (Gheg) mâz (compare standard mëz and Old Albanian manz) through the substratum, or of Illyrian origin.
• Compare the Thracian word mezenai (“horse”) and Messapic Menzana, a horse deity.^[1]
• Compare also Italian manzo, Latin mannus and Gaulish manduos, probably ultimately from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /mɨnz/

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mânz m (plural mânji, feminine equivalent mânză)

1. foal, colt

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• mânz in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• mânz in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.