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

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: meger, meeger
- West Frisian: meager
Old Saxon: *magar
- Middle Low German: māger
  - German Low German: mager
Old Dutch: *magar
- Middle Dutch: māger
  - Dutch: mager
  - Limburgish: mager
Old High German: magar
- Middle High German: mager, meger
  - German: mager
  - Luxembourgish: moer
  - Yiddish: מאָגער (moger)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*magra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347

[EDPG-1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*magra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347

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