Mohn

Borrowed from German Mohn.

Mohn (plural Mohns)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mohn is the 10298^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3129 individuals. Mohn is most common among White (92.75%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mohn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 605.

With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- (as also in ohne and wo) from obsolete Mahn, from Middle High German māhe, māhen (Central German also already mān), from Old High German māho, from Proto-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.

Cognate with Danish valmue, Swedish vallmo, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian мак (mak), Russian мак (mak), Serbo-Croatian мак, Czech mák).

• IPA^(key): /moːn/

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Mohn m (strong, genitive Mohnes or Mohns, plural Mohne)

1. poppy (Papaver)
2. (collective) poppyseeds

• → Estonian: moon

• “Mohn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mohn” in Duden online