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]

  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
  • Old Dutch: *māg
  • Old High German: māg

References

  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”
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