Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/magô

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 *mak- (small bag, bellows, belly) (alternatively reconstructed as *maks-), which appears to be a European substrate term borrowed into multiple Indo-European branches. Compare Lithuanian mãkas (purse, wallet, scrotum), Proto-Slavic *mošьnà (small bag, purse), Proto-Celtic *makīnā (bellows) (whence Welsh megin (bellows), Breton megin (bellows)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*magô m[1]

  1. stomach

Inflection

Declension of *magô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *magô *maganiz
vocative *magô *maganiz
accusative *maganų *maganunz
genitive *maginiz *maganǫ̂
dative *magini *magammaz
instrumental *maginē *magammiz

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*magan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346