verminken

Betekenis (Engels)

to mutilate, to maim

Sinonieme

twijnen

afknotten

verkrommen

verhakkelen

Frekwensie

21k
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌvɛrˈmɪŋ.kə(n)/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch verminken, a dialectal variant of vermenken (“to injure permanently”), from ver- + menken (variant minken), from the root manc (“a limping or lame person”) (cf. Dutch mank), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-.

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