Where does “mahangler” come from?

mahangler (Old French) comes from Old French mangonner — to cut to pieces.

Ancestry of “mahangler”, step by step

mahangler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French mangonner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmangonnerto cut to pieces

via Old French mahaigner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmahaignerto mutilate
Every word from Old French mangonner