Where does “mengenai” come from?
mengenai (Malay) comes from Malay kena, from Malay کنا, from Norwegian Bokmål kna, from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-.
mengenai (Malay): about
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Ancestry of “mengenai”, step by step
mengenai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay kena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kena | to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched... |
| 2 | Malay | کنا | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | kna | to knead |
| 4 | Swedish | knåda | to knead |
| 5 | Old Swedish | knodha | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | knoða | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | knudaną | to knead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gnét- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵen- | — |
via Malay meng- -i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | meng- -i | — |