ming

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (archaic) To mix, blend, mingle.
2. (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
3. (Ireland, UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

Noun

1. (Ireland, UK) A mixture.
2. (UK, obsolete) The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.

Noun

Destiny, fate.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mingen

Geërf van Old English: mengan

Verwante met Nederlands: mengen

Verwante met Duits: mengen

Verwante met Deens: mænge

Verwante met Old English: ġemang

In summary

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.