Where does “mankeren” come from?

mankeren (Dutch) comes from French manquer, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

mankeren (Dutch): to be sick, to ail

Definitions

  1. to be sick, to ail

Ancestry of “mankeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanquerto lack, to be lacking in; to be missed by/to be...
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- →Every word from Latin mancus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mancāre →
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