Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mahtiz

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

Alternative forms

*mahtuz

Etymology

From *maganą +‎ *-þiz, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis < *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑx.tiz/

Noun

*mahtiz f

power, ability
strength, force

Inflection

Declension of *mahtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mahtiz	*mahtīz
vocative	*mahti	*mahtīz
accusative	*mahtį	*mahtinz
genitive	*mahtīz	*mahtijǫ̂
dative	*mahtī	*mahtimaz
instrumental	*mahtī	*mahtimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mahti, *mahtu
- Old English: miht, maht — early, meaht — breaking before -ht, mæht — Anglian, meht — late West Saxon, mieht, myht
  - Middle English: myght, maught, might, myghte, miȝt
    - English: might
    - Scots: micht, maucht
    - Yola: mought
- Old Frisian: mecht, macht
  - North Frisian: macht
  - Saterland Frisian: Macht
  - West Frisian: macht
- Old Saxon: maht
  - Middle Low German: macht
    - German Low German: Macht
    - Dutch Low Saxon: macht
    - Plautdietsch: Macht
    - → Norwegian: makt
    - → Swedish: makt
    - → Danish: magt
    - → Gutnish: mäkt
- Old Dutch: *maht
  - Middle Dutch: macht
    - Dutch: macht, magt (obsolete)
      - Afrikaans: mag
      - Negerhollands: macht, magt
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: makt
      - → Aukan: makiti
      - → Caribbean Javanese: makti
    - Limburgish: mach
- Old High German: maht
  - Middle High German: maht, macht
    - German: Macht
    - Luxembourgish: Muecht
    - Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)
Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: máttr
  - Icelandic: máttur
  - Faroese: máttur
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: mått
  - → Scots: maucht
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts)
→ Finnish: mahti