mæger
See also: mäger
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Compare Old High German magar, Old Norse magr. Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin macer, whence modern English meager, through Old French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæ.jer/
Adjective
mæġer
- meager; lean
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse magr, from Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Compare Old High German magar, Old English mæger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæːɣer/
Adjective
mæger
- meager; lean