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Where does “mand” come from?

mand (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל — God is with us.

mand (Old English): basket

Definitions

  1. basket

Ancestry of “mand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmandubasket
2PortugueseManuel—
3SpanishManuel—
4Hebrewעִמָּנוּאֵל—
5Hebrewעִמָּנוּ אֵלGod is with us
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