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Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian manich (West Frisian mannich), Old Saxon manag (Low German männich), Middle Dutch mēnich (Dutch menig), Old High German manag (German manch), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Russian мно́гий (mnógij), Old Irish menic (Scottish Gaelic minig).

More Old English words

• mangian
• mangung
• mangunghus
• manian
• manigfeald
• manigfealdian
• manigfealdlic
• manigfealdlice

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