Ming
Chinese, literally ‘clear or bright’.
wiktionary
From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan(“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan(“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk-(“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen(“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen(“to mix”), Danish mænge(“to rub”), Old English ġemang(“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.
Backformation from minging.
From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian(“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne(“mind”), from ġemunan(“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną(“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-(“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian(“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.
etymonline
Ming
1670s, dynasty which ruled China from 1368-1644, from Chinese, literally "bright, clear." In reference to the porcelain of the Ming period, attested from 1892.
