mane

Etymology

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

noun

  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.
  3. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

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