Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/managī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 +‎ *-ī.

Noun

*managī f [1]

multitude

Inflection

īn-stem
	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, manegī, menigī, manakī, menikī, (managīn)
- Middle High German: menege, menige
  - German: 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”

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[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”