Mang
/maŋ/noun
A Scots and northern English dialect word meaning “among” or “amid.”
Did you know?“Mang” is a reduced form of older “amang,” descended from an Old English expression for being in a group or mixture; the same Germanic root helped produce “mingle.”
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
on gemang
“In company, in a mixture, or among others”
Middle English
ME
amang
“Among or amidst”
Middle English
ME
amang
“A common preposition meaning among, with reduction of the older phrase”
Scots
Scots
mang
“Among or amid”
Modern Scots and Dialect English
English
mang
“Among; in the midst of”