Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mazgą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑz.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*mazgą n

1. marrow

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mazgą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mazgą	*mazgō
vocative	*mazgą	*mazgō
accusative	*mazgą	*mazgō
genitive	*mazgas, *mazgis	*mazgǫ̂
dative	*mazgai	*mazgamaz
instrumental	*mazgō	*mazgamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *maʀg
  • Old English: mærh, mearh, mearg
    • Middle English: mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ
      • English: marrow
      • Scots: merch, mery, mairch
  • Old Frisian: *march, merch, merg
    • West Frisian: murch, march, moarch
  • Old Saxon: marg
    • Middle Low German: marg
  • Old Dutch: marg
    • Middle Dutch: march, merch
      • Dutch: merg
        • Afrikaans: murg
  • Old High German: marg
    • Middle High German: marc, march
      • Central Franconian: Märch, March (Moselle Franconian); Mark (many dialects via German)
      • German: Mark
        • → Saterland Frisian: Maak
      • Luxembourgish: Muerch
      • Vilamovian: miök
      • Yiddish: מאַרך (markh)
• Old Norse: mergr
  • Icelandic: mergur
  • Faroese: mergur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: marg
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: merg
  • Norn: mergi
  • Danish: marv
  • Old Swedish: mærgher
    • Swedish: märg