Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/megʰ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/megʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Indo-European

Root

*megʰ-[1][2][3]

1. to be able

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ-

• *(me-)mógʰ-e ~ *(me-)m̥gʰ-ḗr ((possibly unreduplicated?) stative)
• *megʰ-óm
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰám
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *magʰám
      • Sanskrit: मघ (maghá)
• *megʰ-ú-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰúš
    • Proto-Iranian: *magúš
      • Avestan: 𐬨𐬊𐬕𐬎‎ (moġu)
      • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/) (see there for further descendants)
• *mogʰ-tis? (probably secondary from the verb, o-grade would not be expected)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *magtis
    • Proto-Slavic: *moťь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *mahtiz (see there for further descendants)
• *mogʰ-tus? (as above)
  • Proto-Germanic: *mahtuz
    • Old Norse: máttr
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *maginą (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “magh-: māgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 695
2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
3. Derksen, Rick (2015), “magėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-298