Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/managī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *managį̄. Equivalent to *manag (“many”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*managī f^[1]

multitude

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*managī
Genitive	*managīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*managī	—
Accusative	*managīn	—
Genitive	*managīn	—
Dative	*managīn	—
Instrumental	*managīn	—

Descendants

Old English: maneġu, maniġu, meniġu, meniġeo, menġu
- Middle English: manye, *menye
  - Scots: monie
  - English: many
Old Frisian: menī, menie, mene
Old Saxon: menegī, menigī
Old High German: managī, managīn, manegī, menigī, manakī, menikī
- Middle High German: menege, mengi, menige
  - German: Menge
  - Rhine Franconian: Meng, Menge
    - Palatine German: Meng
    - Pennsylvania German: Meng
  - Vilamovian: meń
  - Yiddish: מענגע (menge)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254: “PWGmc *managī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254: “PWGmc *managī”

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