Where does “Menge” come from?

Menge (German) comes from Old High German managī, from Proto-Germanic managį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Menge (German): quantity; multitude; crowd

Definitions

  1. quantity; multitude; crowd

Ancestry of “Menge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmanagīquantity
2Proto-Germanicmanagį̄multitude, variety
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Menge

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic managį̄
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