Where does “monk” come from?

monk (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian mong, from Proto-Germanic mangą — mix; crowd.

monk (Saterland Frisian): among

Definitions

  1. among

Ancestry of “monk”, step by step

monk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian mong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianmong—
2Proto-Germanicmangąmix; crowd

via Old Frisian mang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianmang—
Every word from Proto-Germanic mangą →Every word from Old Frisian mong →