Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mākī

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 *mēkijaz.

Noun

*mākī m[1]

  1. sword

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *mākī
Genitive *mākijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *mākī *mākijō, *mākijōs
Accusative *mākī *mākijā
Genitive *mākijas *mākijō
Dative *mākijē *mākijum
Instrumental *mākiju *mākijum

Descendants

  • Old English: mǣċe, mēċe
    • Middle English: meche, mache, mæche
  • Old Saxon: māki

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *mākī”
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