Where does “mángold” come from?

mángold (Hungarian) comes from German Mangold, from Old High German Managold, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-Germanic *wald, from Proto-Germanic waldą, from Proto-Indo-European waldʰ- — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.

mángold (Hungarian): Swiss chard, chard

Definitions

  1. Swiss chard, chard

Ancestry of “mángold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMangoldchard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla)
2Old High GermanManagold—
3Old High Germangiwalt—
4Proto-Germanic*wald—
5Proto-Germanicwaldąmight, power, authority
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaldʰ-to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess
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