Where does “mengen” come from?

mengen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

mengen (Middle Dutch): to mix; to unify; to confuse

Definitions

  1. to mix; to unify; to confuse

Ancestry of “mengen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmengen—
2Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
3Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “mengen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mangijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan →