máttr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from *maganą + *-þiz, or from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis < *megʰ-. Compare Old Saxon maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old High German maht, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).
Noun
editmáttr m (genitive máttar, plural mættir)
Declension
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Declension of máttr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Faroese: máttur
- Icelandic: máttur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mått
- → Scots: maucht (merged with Middle English maught from Old English meaht)
Categories:
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse masculine i-stem nouns