Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māg
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz.
Noun edit
*māg m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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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”