mèanan

a yawn, Irish méanfach, Early Irish mén-scailim, I yawn, "mouth-spread", mén, mouth, ménogud, hiatus; cf. Welsh min, lip, edge, Cornish min, meen, Breton min, snout. Strachan and Stokes suggest the stem *maknâ, *mekno-, root mak; Anglo-Saxon maga, stomach, German magen, English maw.