Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *maganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/

Noun

*maginą n

1. ability, power, might, main

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *maginą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maginą	*maginō
vocative	*maginą	*maginō
accusative	*maginą	*maginō
genitive	*maginas, *maginis	*maginǫ̂
dative	*maginai	*maginamaz
instrumental	*maginō	*maginamiz

Related terms

• *maganą
• *maginaz
• *maginōną

Descendants

• Old English: mæġen, mæġn
  • Middle English: mayn, mæȝan, mægen, mæine, mæȝen, mæin, mæigne, meȝen (Early Middle English), main, maine, mayne, mein, meyn, meyne
    • English: main
    • Scots: mayne, mayn, main, mane
• Old Saxon: megin
• Old Dutch: *megin (in meginkraft)
• Old High German: megin, mekin
• Old Norse: megin
  • Icelandic: megin n
  • Faroese: megin n
  • Old Swedish: mæghin
    • Swedish: mägen (obsolete)
  • Old Danish: mæghæn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: megje (obsolete)