Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/magô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mak- (“small bag, bellows, belly”) (alternatively reconstructed as *maks-), which appears to be a European substrate term borrowed into multiple Indo-European branches. Compare Lithuanian mãkas (“purse, wallet, scrotum”), Proto-Slavic *mošьnà (“small bag, purse”), Proto-Celtic *makīnā (“bellows”) (whence Welsh megin (“bellows”), Breton megin (“bellows”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*magô m[1]

  1. stomach

Inflection

Declension of *magô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *magô *maganiz
vocative *magô *maganiz
accusative *maganų *maganunz
genitive *maginiz *maganǫ̂
dative *magini *magammaz
instrumental *maginē *magammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*magan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
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