Where does “manken” come from?

manken (Middle English) comes from Old English mancian, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

manken (Middle English): to mutilate

Definitions

  1. to mutilate

Ancestry of “manken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmancian—
2Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—

Words derived from “manken”

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