Where does “ming” come from?

ming (Scots) comes from Middle English mengen, from Old English menġan, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

ming (Scots): smell

Definitions

  1. smell

Ancestry of “ming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmengen—
2Old Englishmenġanto mix
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijanto mix
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “ming”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European menk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mangijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan →