Where does “gemengan” come from?

gemengan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gemengan (Old English): to mingle, confuse, commingle, unite, combine,...

Definitions

  1. to mingle, confuse, commingle, unite, combine,...

Ancestry of “gemengan”, step by step

gemengan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English menġan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmenġanto mix
2Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
3Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →