Where does “mink-” come from?

mink- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Ancestry of “mink-”, step by step

mink- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European menk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

via Proto-Indo-European mn̥k-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmn̥k-to knead, to crush

Words derived from “mink-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk-
mink- — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer