Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mazgą

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 *mosgʰós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑz.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*mazgą n

marrow

Inflection

Declension 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

Proto-West Germanic: *maʀg
- 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 (Moselle Franconian), Mark (many dialects via German)
    - German: Mark
      - → Saterland Frisian: Maak
    - Luxembourgish: Muerch
    - Vilamovian: miök
    - Yiddish: מאַרך (markh)
Old Norse: mergr
- Icelandic: mergur
- Faroese: mergur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: marg
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: merg
- Norn: mergi
- Danish: marv
- Old Swedish: mærgher
  - Swedish: märg