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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mawī
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *magwī
Etymology
From earlier *magwī, from *maguz (“boy”), with feminine suffix; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ- (“young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.wiː/
Noun
*mawī f
- girl
Inflection
| ī/jō-stemDeclension of *mawī (ī/jō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *mawī | *mawjôz | |
| vocative | *mawī | *mawjôz | |
| accusative | *mawjǭ | *mawjōz | |
| genitive | *mawjōz | *mawjǫ̂ | |
| dative | *mawjōi | *mawjōmaz | |
| instrumental | *mawjō | *mawjōmiz | |
Derived terms
- *mawilǭ
Descendants
- Old Norse: mær, mey, meyja (the latter two from the paradigm of the former)
- Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja
- Faroese: moy, moyggj (< mey)
- Norwegian: møy (< mey)
- Old Swedish: mø̄ (< mey)
- Swedish: mö
- Old Danish: mø̄ (< mey)
- Danish: mø
- Gutnish: måi (< mey)
- Westrobothnian: mejj, möy (< *mæja, meyja)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi)