mensk

Meanings

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Origin

  • From an early Scandinavian form (compare Old Norse menskr ("human")), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz ("human"). Compare mannish. Cognate with Dutch mens ("human, humanity"), German Mensch ("man, human"), Danish menneske ("human"), Swedish människa ("human, human being, person"), Icelandic manneskja ("person, human being"). See also mense, mennish.

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