Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginą

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 *megʰ- (“to be able”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *maganą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/

Noun

*maginą n

  1. ability, power, might, main

Inflection

Declension of *maginą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *maginą *maginō
vocative *maginą *maginō
accusative *maginą *maginō
genitive *maginas, *maginis *maginǫ̂
dative *maginai *maginamaz
instrumental *maginō *maginamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*maʒenan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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