Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magr

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós (“tall, thin, lean, meager”).

Adjective

*magr

1. lean, meager

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*magr
Genitive	*magras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*magr	*magru	*magr
Accusative	*magranā	*magrā	*magr
Genitive	*magras	*magreʀā	*magras
Dative	*magrumē	*magreʀē	*magrumē
Instrumental	*magru	*magreʀu	*magru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*magrē	*magrō	*magru
Accusative	*magrā	*magrā	*magru
Genitive	*magreʀō	*magreʀō	*magreʀō
Dative	*magrēm, *magrum	*magrēm, *magrum	*magrēm, *magrum
Instrumental	*magrēm, *magrum	*magrēm, *magrum	*magrēm, *magrum

Derived terms

• *magrēn
• *magrī
• *magrijan

Descendants

• Old English: mæġer
• Old Frisian: *meger, *māger
  • Saterland Frisian: meger, meeger
  • West Frisian: meager
• Old Saxon: *magar
  • Middle Low German: māger
    • German Low German: mager
• Old Dutch: *magar
  • Middle Dutch: māger
    • Dutch: mager
    • Limburgish: mager
• Old High German: magar
  • Middle High German: mager, meger
    • German: mager
    • Luxembourgish: moer
    • Yiddish: מאָגער (moger)