Where does “mereng” come from?

mereng (Hungarian) comes from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.

mereng (Hungarian): ponder, ruminate, muse, daydream

Definitions

  1. ponder, ruminate, muse, daydream

Ancestry of “mereng”, step by step

mereng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French meringue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeringuemeringue; first-person singular present...
2Dutchmeringue

via Hungarian mér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmérto measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time; to strike...
2Hungarian-sAdded to a noun to form an adjective meaning...

Words derived from “mereng

Every word from Dutch meringueEvery word from French meringue
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