From Old English 'manig,' from Proto-Germanic *managaz — no certain relatives outside Germanic, a distinctly Germanic word.
A large number of; a great quantity of countable things.
From Old English manig (many, numerous), from Proto-Germanic *managaz (many, much), from PIE *menegh- (many, much, rich, abundant). The root is widely attested across the family: Old High German manag, Gothic manags, Old Norse margr (many), Old Irish menic (frequent). In early Germanic the word carried connotations not just of number but of generosity and plenitude — a many-gifted lord