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Where does “mongcorn” come from?

mongcorn (English) comes from English mangcorn, from Old English menġan, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

mongcorn (English): Alternative form of mangcorn

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mangcorn

Ancestry of “mongcorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangcornA mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of...
2Old Englishmenġanto mix
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijan—
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...
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