The story
- Middle Dutch · derived frommannekijn
- Dutch · derived frommanneken
- English todaymannikin
From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mannikin
Today it means: Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World. Full definition →
Dutch manneken ← Middle Dutch mannekijn