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Where does “mangel” come from?

mangel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German mangel, from Middle High German mange, from Latin manganum, from Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

mangel (Norwegian Bokmål): lack, want, absence; defect, flaw, deficiency,...

Definitions

  1. lack, want, absence; defect, flaw, deficiency,...

Ancestry of “mangel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmangelinflection of mangeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanmangemangle
3Latinmanganummanganese; mangonel
4Medieval Latinmagnesianominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
5Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “mangel”

  • søvnmangel
  • pengemangel
  • mangelfull
  • boligmangel
  • vannmangel
  • plassmangel
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