Where does “mant” come from?
mant (Old Occitan) comes from Proto-Germanic managiþō, from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- — many.
mant (Old Occitan): much; a lot
Ancestry of “mant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | managiþō | quantity; amount; multitude |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | monegʰ- | many |