Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mahō

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *magō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōhô ~ *makkaz ~ *magini.

Noun

*mahō m

1. poppy, poppyseed

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mahō
Genitive	*mahini, *mahan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mahō	*mahan
Accusative	*mahan	*mahan
Genitive	*mahini, *mahan	*mahanō
Dative	*mahini, *mahan	*mahum
Instrumental	*mahini, *mahan	*mahum

Derived terms

• *magosāmō, *magansāmō
  • Old Saxon: magosāmo
  • Old High German: magasāmo, magensāmo
    • Middle High German: magensāme, magesāme, mogesāme
      • German: Mohnsamen, Mohnsame, Magsamen
• *magosādi, *magansādi
  • English: maw seed
  • Middle Low German: mānsāt, mānsāt
    • German Low German: Maonsaod
  • Dutch: maanzaad
  • Middle High German: magesāt
    • German: Mohnsaat

Descendants

• Old Saxon: māho
  • Middle Low German: mân
    • German Low German: Mahn, Maon
• Old Dutch: *māho
  • Middle Dutch: maen, mane
• Old High German: maho, mago
  • Middle High German: mahe, mahen, mān, magen, mage
    • Cimbrian: mago
    • German: Mohn
      • → Estonian: moon
    • Swabian: mage
    • → Estonian: magun
    • → Latvian: magone
    • → Lithuanian: aguona