mank
English
/mæŋk/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To mutilate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English manken inherited from Old English mancian derived from Latin mancus (maimed, crippled, maimed defective, powerless, incomplete, imperfect, frail, defective) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mank-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mank-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mankiness English
- manky English
- *mancāre Latin
- mancus Latin
- mang German
- manco Italian
- mank Dutch, Flemish
- manco Spanish, Castilian
- *man-ko- Proto-Indo-European
- *mank- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂n-ko- Proto-Indo-European
- manco Portuguese
- mancian Old English
- *mankelen Middle English
- manken Middle English
- manc Old French
- mânc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- manc Middle Dutch
- verminken Middle Dutch
- manc Middle High German
- manc Middle Low German
- mancar Venetian