Where does “menga” come from?

menga (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic meinga, from Icelandic mein, from Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic mainą — damage, hurt; unjustice, sin.

menga (Icelandic): to pollute

Definitions

  1. to pollute

Ancestry of “menga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmeinga—
2Icelandicmeindisease, illness; harm, damage
3Old Norsemeinharm, mischief, crime, misdeed
4Proto-Germanicmainądamage, hurt; unjustice, sin

Words derived from “menga”

Every word from Proto-Germanic mainą →Every word from Old Norse mein →Every word from Icelandic mein →