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Where does “manag” come from?

manag (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic managaz, from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ- — many, sufficient.

manag (Old Saxon): many

Definitions

  1. many

Ancestry of “manag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*manag—
2Proto-Germanicmanagazmany; much
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmenegʰ-many, sufficient

Words derived from “manag”

  • gimanagfaldian
  • gimanagfaldon
  • männich
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