 are derived from a suffixed stem "*man-gyo-".In Hindu mythology, "Manu" is the name of the traditional progenitor of humankind who survives a deluge and gives mankind laws.The hypothetically reconstructed Proto-Indo-European form "*Manus" may also have played a role in Proto-Indo-European religion based on this, if there is any connection with the figure of "Mannus" — reported by the Roman historian Tacitus in ca.