Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “manag” come from?

manag (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic managaz, from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ- — many, sufficient.

Ancestry of “manag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmanagazmany; much
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmenegʰ-many, sufficient

Words derived from “manag”

  • menig
  • menich
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