Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maʀg
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *mazgą.
Noun edit
*maʀg n[1]
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *maʀg | |
Genitive | *maʀgas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *maʀg | *maʀgu |
Accusative | *maʀg | *maʀgu |
Genitive | *maʀgas | *maʀgō |
Dative | *maʀgē | *maʀgum |
Instrumental | *maʀgu | *maʀgum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: mærh, mearh, mearg
- Old Frisian: *march, merch, merg
- Old Saxon: marg
- Middle Low German: marg
- Old Dutch: marg
- Old High German: marg
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313: “PWGmc *mazg”