Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mazgą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑz.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*mazgą n

marrow

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mazgą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mazgą	*mazgō
vocative	*mazgą	*mazgō
accusative	*mazgą	*mazgō
genitive	mazgas, mazgis	*mazgǫ̂
dative	*mazgai	*mazgamaz
instrumental	*mazgō	*mazgamiz

Descendants

Old English: mærh, mearh, mearg
- Middle English: mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ
  - English: marrow
  - Scots: merch, mery, mairch
Old Frisian: *march, merch, merg
- West Frisian: murch, march, moarch
Old Saxon: marg
- Middle Low German: marg
Old Dutch: marg
- Middle Dutch: march, merch
  - Dutch: merg
    - Afrikaans: murg
Old High German: marg
- Middle High German: marc, march
  - Central Franconian: Märch, March
  - German: Mark
    - Saterland Frisian: Maak
  - Luxembourgish: Muerch
  - Vilamovian: miök
  - Yiddish: מאַרך‎ (markh)
Old Norse: mergr (<*mazgiz)
- Icelandic: mergur
- Faroese: mergur
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: marg
  - Nynorsk: merg
- Norn: mergi
- Danish: marv
- Old Swedish: mærgher
  - Swedish: märg