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Where does “mänk” come from?

mänk (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.

Ancestry of “mänk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmink—
2Old Saxonmink—

Words derived from “mänk”

  • mink
  • minklike
  • minkhound
  • villiminkki
  • minkkitarha
  • minkkiturkki
  • minkki
  • ミンク
  • mink
  • minc
  • mink
Every word from Old Saxon mink →