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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magr

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 *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós (“tall, thin, lean, meager”).[1]

Adjective

*magr

  1. lean, meager

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *magr
Genitive *magras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *magr *magru *magr
Accusative *magranā *magrā *magr
Genitive *magras *magreʀā *magras
Dative *magrumē *magreʀē *magrumē
Instrumental *magru *magreʀu *magru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *magrē *magrō *magru
Accusative *magrā *magrā *magru
Genitive *magreʀō *magreʀō *magreʀō
Dative *magrēm, *magrum *magrēm, *magrum *magrēm, *magrum
Instrumental *magrēm, *magrum *magrēm, *magrum *magrēm, *magrum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: mæġer
  • Old Frisian: *meger, *māger
    • Saterland Frisian: meeger
    • West Frisian: meager
  • Old Saxon: *magar
  • Old Dutch: *magar
  • Old High German: magar

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*magra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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