Where does “mång-” come from?

mång- (Swedish) comes from Swedish mången, from Old Norse mangr, from Proto-Germanic managaz, from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ- — many, sufficient.

mång- (Swedish): many (constituting a large number of the thing that follows)

Definitions

  1. many (constituting a large number of the thing that follows)

Ancestry of “mång-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmångenmany a; many, many people
2Old Norsemangr—
3Proto-Germanicmanagazmany; much
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmenegʰ-many, sufficient

Words derived from “mång-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European menegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic managaz →Every word from Old Norse mangr →