Where does “mængde” come from?

mængde (Danish) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mengd, from Proto-Germanic managiþō, from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- — many.

mængde (Danish): amount, quantity; number; crowd

Definitions

  1. amount, quantity; number; crowd

Ancestry of “mængde”, step by step

mængde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk mengd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmengdan amount, quantity; a great number, crowd,...
2Proto-Germanicmanagiþōquantity; amount; multitude
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmonegʰ-many

via Danish mange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmangeplural of mangen

Words derived from “mængde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic managiþō →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk mengd →