Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maguz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“boy”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *mogus (“boy, servant”), Old Irish mug, Cornish maw (“servant”).[1] Unrelated to Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*maguz m
Inflection
editThe stem was originally *magw- alternating with *mag- next to *u as per the boukólos rule, but after the change *gw > *w would have had an alternation between *mag- and *maw- depending on the ending. This alternation is not preserved in any daughter language and presumably had been levelled in Proto-Germanic as well, but the derived noun still shows the second alternant.
u-stemDeclension of *maguz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *maguz | *magiwiz | |
vocative | *magu | *magiwiz | |
accusative | *magų | *magunz | |
genitive | *magauz | *magiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *magiwi | *magumaz | |
instrumental | *magū | *magumiz |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *magu
- Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ (*maguʀ) (attested in ᛗᚨᚷᚢ (magu, accusative singular), ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ (magoʀ, genitive singular))
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus)