Where does “mangelen” come from?

mangelen (Middle English) comes from Old French mangler, from Old French mangonner — to cut to pieces.

Ancestry of “mangelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmangler—
2Old Frenchmangonnerto cut to pieces

Words derived from “mangelen”

Every word from Old French mangonner →Every word from Old French mangler →