μάγγανον

Etymology
🇨🇬 and have been proposed as cognates. Connection to the group of is unconvincing. Van Beek suggests a comparison with ; the pair of words shows prenasalization and interchange of γ and χ, which would be typical reflexes of a word; however these are typical  variations, and if the movement patterns of a pulley or catapult are compared with that of a sickle, it is easier derived from the family of 🇨🇬 /, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, words of transparent derivation meaning “sickle”, which passed into 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and formally and geographically remarkably 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, still meaning sickle. The senses “philtre”, “charm” and “pulley block”, “bolt”, “catapult” may ultimately have different origins, however both are relatable due to the image of witchcraft being “”, like the charge of a catapult is warped or a sickle is rapped.

Noun

 * 1) philtre, charm, means for bewitching others
 * 2) block of a pulley
 * 3) bolt, iron peg
 * 4) catapult, ballista, tormentum