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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mingen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mengan

Verwant aan Nederlands: mengen

Verwant aan Duits: mengen

Verwant aan Deens: mænge

Verwant aan Oudengels: 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.