Proto-Indo-European

*menk-

‘to press, knead’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *menk-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *menk-, most familiar first.

• ming ← mingen ← mengan ← *mangijan
• mang ← mangen ← mængan ← meċġan ← menġan
• minge ← mingen ← mengan ← *mangijan ← *mangijaną
• minging ← mingin ← ming ← mengen ← mengan
• mangcorn ← menġan ← *mangijan ← *mangijaną ← *monk-éye-ti

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *menk-