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
Ancestry of “mengi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | mengi | quantity; crowd |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | managį̄ | multitude, variety |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “mengi”