Where does “mengi” come from?

mengi (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mengi, 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...

mengi (Icelandic): a set

Definitions

  1. a set

Ancestry of “mengi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mengi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic managį̄ →