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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1285

Root / lemma: men(e)gh-, mon(e)gh-, mn&gh-

English meaning: abundant, excessive

German meaning: `reichlich, viel; reichlich geben'

Material: Ai. magha/- n. `Gabe, Geschenk', magha/van(t)- `gabenreich, freigebig'; m. `Spender', mam`hate: `schenkt, spendet', mam`his.t.ha- `im ho"chsten Mas|e freigebig, u"beraus reichlich', mam.ha/na: `gern, bereitwillig';

    air. menicc `ha"ufig, reichlich, oft', cymr. mynych `frequenter', corn. menough ds. (*meneggi-, expressiv); got. manags, ahd. as. manag, ags. manig, menig `viel, manch', aisl. mengi n. `Menge'; mangr, margr `manch, viel, freundschaftlich'; aksl. múnogú `viel' (*monogo-), vgl. auch lit. minia\ `Menge' (*meni_a:).

References: WP. II 268 f. , Trautmann 189.

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