Where does “mandé” come from?
mandé (Old French) comes from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל — God is with us.
Ancestry of “mandé”, step by step
mandé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch mande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 4 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 5 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 6 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |