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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mawī

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 earlier *magwī, from *maguz (“boy”), with feminine suffix; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“young”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.wiː/

Noun

*mawī f

  1. girl

Inflection
ī/jō-stemDeclension of *mawī (ī/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mawī *mawjôz
vocative *mawī *mawjôz
accusative *mawjǭ *mawjōz
genitive *mawjōz *mawjǫ̂
dative *mawjōi *mawjōmaz
instrumental *mawjō *mawjōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Norse: mær, mey, meyja (the latter two from the paradigm of the former)
    • Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja
    • Faroese: moy, moyggj (< mey)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: møy (< mey)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: møy (< mey)
    • Old Swedish: mø̄ (< mey)
    • Old Danish: mø̄ (< mey)
    • Gutnish: måi (< mey)
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi)
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