ming

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mingen

Inherited from Old English: mengan

Cognate with Dutch: mengen

Cognate with German: mengen

Cognate with Danish: mænge

Cognate with 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.