Where does “menik” come from?

menik (Volapük) comes from Volapük men, from English MAN, from English manual, from Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from Latin manus — human being; man; hand.

menik (Volapük): human, of or relating to a human being, human...

Definitions

  1. human, of or relating to a human being, human...

Ancestry of “menik”, step by step

menik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük men

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükmenman male or female, human, human being
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
4Middle Englishmanuel
5Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
6Old Frenchmanual
7Latinmanuālishand
8Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
9Proto-Italicmanushand
10Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Volapük ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükikadjective morpheme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-Every word from Proto-Italic manusEvery word from Latin manus
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