Where does “mmanka” come from?

mmanka (Maltese) comes from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

mmanka (Maltese): to mutilate

Definitions

  1. to mutilate

Ancestry of “mmanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
2Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
3Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →Every word from Latin mancus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mancāre →