Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/makô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*makkô

Etymology

From *makaz (“fitting, suitable, convenient, comfortable”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.kɔːː/

Noun

*makô m

an equal; comrade; mate; match

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *makô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*makô	*makaniz
vocative	*makô	*makaniz
accusative	*makanų	*makanunz
genitive	*makiniz	*makanǫ̂
dative	*makini	*makammaz
instrumental	*makinē	*makammiz

Derived terms

*gamakô

Related terms

*makōną

Descendants

Old English: maca, ġemaca; mæċċa, ġemæċċa
- Middle English: make, mak, ȝemace, imake; mache, meche, macche, mecche, matche, metche
  - Scots: mak; mach, match
  - English: make; match
Old Saxon: gimako
- Middle Low German: makkære, makker
  - German Low German: Macker
Old Dutch: *gimako; *gimakko
- Middle Dutch: *gemakke, *ghemacke (>macker)
  - Dutch: (makker)
    - Low German: (Macker)
      - German: (Macker)
Old High German: kamahho, gimahho, gimacho; gimahha f
Old Norse: maki
- Icelandic: maki
- Faroese: maki
- Norwegian: make
- Old Swedish: maki
  - Swedish: make, maka
- Danish: mage
- Westrobothnian: maka