Where does “menge” come from?

menge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German mengen, from Old Saxon mengian, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

menge (Norwegian Bokmål): to mingle, mix

Definitions

  1. to mingle, mix

Ancestry of “menge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmengen—
2Old Saxonmengian—
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “menge”

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