Where does “mangle” come from?

mangle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German mangeln, from Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancare — to lack.

mangle (Norwegian Bokmål): to lack

Definitions

  1. to lack

Ancestry of “mangle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmangelnto lack
2Old High Germanmangolōn—
3Latinmancareto lack
Every word from Latin mancare →Every word from Old High German mangolōn →Every word from German mangeln →