Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēkijas agjō
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *mēkijaz + *agjō. The phrase may well have originated in a later Germanic language and spread to the others through diffusion during late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages, meaning the term needs not necessarily have existed in Proto-Germanic.
Noun
edit- (poetic) "sword's edge"
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *mākijas aggju
- Old English: mǣċes eċġ
- Old Saxon: mākies eggia
- Old Norse: mækis egg