French maint

← Old English menigdu (cognate)

← Gaulish *mantī (derived)

← Proto-Celtic *mantī (derived)

← Welsh maint (cognate)

← Middle Dutch menichte (cognate)

← English many (link)

← Middle French maint (inherited)

← Old French maint (inherited)

← Old French meint (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *managiþō (derived)

← Middle High German mennichte (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (mention)

← Old Irish méit (cognate)

→ English many (cognate)

→ Old Irish méit (cognate)