Where does “mengiér” come from?

mengiér (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

mengiér (Franco-Provençal): to eat; food; nourishment

Definitions

  1. to eat; food; nourishment

Ancestry of “mengiér”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
2Latinmandūcusglutton
3Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
4Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
5Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
6Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Latin -ucus →Every word from Latin mandūcus →