Where does “geondmengan” come from?

geondmengan (Old English) comes from Old English menġan, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

geondmengan (Old English): to mingle throughout, confuse

Definitions

  1. to mingle throughout, confuse

Ancestry of “geondmengan”, step by step

geondmengan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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;...

via Old English ġeond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeondthrough, throughout (+accusative)
2Proto-Germanicjend-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanī-ice, frost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mangijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan →
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