Where does “mengen” come from?

mengen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mengen, from Old Dutch mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

mengen (Dutch): to mix, blend

Definitions

  1. to mix, blend

Ancestry of “mengen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmengento mix; to unify; to confuse
2Old Dutchmengen—
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “mengen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mangijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan →