ming
English
/mɪŋ/
verb
Definitions
- (now) To mix, blend, mingle.
- (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
- (UK) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mingen inherited from Old English mengan (mix, consort, converse, associate with, cohabit with, disturb, unite, combine, mingle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną (knead, mix) derived from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (knead, rumple).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*menk-
Gloss
knead, rumple
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemingle English
- commingle English
- enmingle English
- immingle English
- inmingle English
- intermingle English
- mingle English
- mingleable English
- minglement English
- mingler English
- minglesome English
- minglest English
- mingleth English
- remingle English
- unmingle English
- beimengen German
- einmengen German
- mengen German
- vermengen German
- mengeling Dutch, Flemish
- mengen Dutch, Flemish
- mengsel Dutch, Flemish
- mengteelt Dutch, Flemish
- ontmengen Dutch, Flemish
- vermengen Dutch, Flemish
- *menk- Proto-Indo-European
- *mang- Proto-Germanic
- *mangijaną Proto-Germanic
- mengan Old English
- ongemang Old English
- ġemang Old English
- menglen Middle English
- mingen Middle English
- mengen Middle Dutch
- *mengen Old Dutch