Where does “manko” come from?

manko (Danish) comes from Italian manco, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

manko (Danish): deficiency; deficit

Definitions

  1. deficiency; deficit

Ancestry of “manko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancofaulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
2Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
3Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
4Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →
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