Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māg

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz.

Noun

*māg m[1]

kinsman

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*māg
Genitive	*māgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*māg	māgō, māgōs
Accusative	*māg	*māgā
Genitive	*māgas	*māgō
Dative	*māgē	*māgum
Instrumental	*māgu	*māgum

Descendants

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
- Middle Low German: mâch
Old Dutch: *māg
- Middle Dutch: mâech
  - Dutch: maag
Old High German: māg
- Middle High German: māc
  - German: Mage

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *māg”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *māg”