Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/makô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *makkô

Etymology

From *makaz (“fitting, suitable, convenient, comfortable”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.kɔːː/

Noun

*makô m

1. an equal; comrade; mate; match

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *makô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*makô	*makaniz
vocative	*makô	*makaniz
accusative	*makanų	*makanunz
genitive	*makiniz	*makanǫ̂
dative	*makini	*makammaz
instrumental	*makinē	*makammiz

Derived terms

• *gamakô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *makō
  • Old English: maca, ġemaca; mæċċa, ġemæċċa
    • Middle English: make, mak, ȝemace, imake; mache, meche, macche, mecche, matche, metche
      • Scots: mak; mach, match
      • English: make; match
        • → Russian: матч (matč)
          • → Armenian: մատչ (matčʻ)
  • Old Saxon: gimako
    • Middle Low German: makkære, makker
      • German Low German: Macker
  • Old Dutch: *gimako; *gimakko
    • Middle Dutch: *gemakke, *ghemacke (>macker)
      • (Dutch: makker)
        • (→ German Low German: Macker)
          • (→ German: Macker)
        • → Danish: makker
  • Old High German: kamahho, gimahho, gimacho; gimahha f
• Old Norse: maki
  • Icelandic: maki
  • Faroese: maki
  • Norwegian: make
  • Old Swedish: maki
    • Swedish: make, maka
  • Danish: mage
• → Proto-Samic: *mākë (see there for further descendants)