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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēgaz

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

Suggested to be related to *maguz (“boy, relative”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛː.ɣɑz/

Noun

*mēgaz m

  1. son-in-law; or more generally, a relative through marriage

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *mēgaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mēgaz *mēgōz, *mēgōs
vocative *mēg *mēgōz, *mēgōs
accusative *mēgą *mēganz
genitive *mēgas, *mēgis *mēgǫ̂
dative *mēgai *mēgamaz
instrumental *mēgō *mēgamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *māg
    • Old English: mǣġ m or f
      • Middle English: mæȝ, mæi, meȝ, mei
        • English: may (“kinsman, person”)
      • ⇒ Old English: māga m (“descendant, son”)
      • ⇒ Old English: māge, mǣġe f
    • Old Frisian: mēch
      • North Frisian: meeg
    • Old Saxon: māg
    • Old Dutch: *māg
    • Old High German: māg
  • Old Norse: mágr
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *mees (“man”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “mega”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
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