Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māg
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz.
Noun
[edit]*māg m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *māg | |
| Genitive | *māgas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *māg | *māgō, *māgōs |
| Accusative | *māg | *māgā |
| Genitive | *māgas | *māgō |
| Dative | *māgē | *māgum |
| Instrumental | *māgu | *māgum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: mǣġ m or f
- Old Frisian: mēch
- North Frisian: meeg
- Old Saxon: māg
- Middle Low German: mâch
- Old Dutch: *māg
- Old High German: māg
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *māg”