Where does “ming” come from?

Ming derives from Old English mengan, which comes from Old English myne, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European menk- to the root Proto-Indo-European men-.

ming (English): To mix, blend, mingle; To bring together; to be...

Definitions

  1. To mix, blend, mingle; To bring together; to be...

Ancestry of “ming”, step by step

ming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmingen
2Old Englishmenġanto mix
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

via Middle English mengen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmengen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk-Every word from Proto-Germanic mangijanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan