Etymograph

English

mangcorn

Mangcorn comes from Old English menġan ‘to mix’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *menk- ‘to press, knead’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*menk-‘to press, knead’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*monk-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mangijanąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mangijan‘to mix’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150menġan‘to mix’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1910mangcorn

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*menk-‘to press, knead’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*monk-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mangijanąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mangijan‘to mix’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150menġan‘to mix’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1910mangcorn

Earliest quotation: 1910, Henrik Marczali, Hungary in the Eighteenth Century: “Even in other parts of the country mangcorn, and…”

Linked words

through Old English menġan ‘to mix’

ming, 3 more

Today it means

noun A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain, sown together as one crop.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *menk- / mangcorn

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