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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/
Noun
*maginą n
- ability, power, might, main
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *maginą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *maginą | *maginō | |
vocative | *maginą | *maginō | |
accusative | *maginą | *maginō | |
genitive | *maginas, *maginis | *maginǫ̂ | |
dative | *maginai | *maginamaz | |
instrumental | *maginō | *maginamiz |
Related terms
- *maganą
- *maginaz
- *maginōną
Descendants
- Old English: mæġen, mæġn
- Middle English: mayn, mæȝan, mægen, mæine, mæȝen, mæin, mæigne, meȝen; main, maine, mayne, mein, meyn, meyne
- English: main
- Scots: mayne, mayn, main, mane
- Middle English: mayn, mæȝan, mægen, mæine, mæȝen, mæin, mæigne, meȝen; main, maine, mayne, mein, meyn, meyne
- Old Saxon: megin
- Old Dutch: *megin (in meginkraft)
- Old High German: megin, mekin
- Old Norse: megin
- Icelandic: megin n
- Faroese: megin n
- Old Swedish: mæghin
- Swedish: mägen (obsolete)