May
Cebuano
proper noun
Etymology
Derived from English May derived from Old French mai derived from Latin māius (Maia's month, of May) derived from Proto-Indo-European *magya (she who is great).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*magya
Gloss
she who is great
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- May English
- May the Fourth English
- Maybot English
- Mayfair English
- Maytide English
- Maytime English
- mayapple English
- maybloom English
- maybush English
- mayfish English
- mayflower English
- mayfly English
- maying English
- maythorn English
- mayweed English
- mid-May English
- (mensis) Māius Latin
- Māius Latin
- māius Latin
- mei Dutch, Flemish
- mai French
- май Russian
- Μάϊος Ancient Greek
- Μᾱ́ϊος Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *mégh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- maio Portuguese
- May Swedish
- メイ Japanese
- May Middle English
- maj Danish
- mai Old French
- मई Hindi
- Μάιος Greek (modern)
- meio Old High German
- May Tagalog
- Mei Malay
- မေ Burmese
- מאי Hebrew (modern)
- მაისი Georgian
- মে’ Assamese
- maiu Aromanian
- máj Slovak
- Mei Swahili
- maitg Romansh
- Mai Friulian
- মে Bengali
- maaie Western Frisian
- Māe Marshallese
- Mei Tok Pisin
- Mae Breton
- Me Cornish
- Μάϊος gkm
- May Norwegian
- Mei Hawaiian
- Mei Maori
- may Walloon
- မေႇ Shan
- Mayu Hausa
- mei North Frisian
- maghju Corsican
- Meyi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- Mē Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- Meyi Tumbuka