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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/megʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*megʰ-[1][2][3]

  1. to be able

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ-‎ (11 c, 0 e)
  • *(me-)mógʰ-e ~ *(me-)m̥gʰ-ḗr ((possibly unreduplicated?) stative)
  • *megʰ-óm
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰám
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *magʰám
  • *megʰ-ú-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰúš
      • Proto-Iranian: *magúš
        • Avestan: 𐬨𐬊𐬕𐬎 (moġu)
        • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
  • *mogʰ-tis? (probably secondary from the verb, o-grade would not be expected)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *magtis
      • Proto-Slavic: *moťь (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mahtiz (see there for further descendants)
  • *mogʰ-tus? (as above)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mahtuz
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Celtic: *smaxtus
    • Proto-Germanic: *maginą (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “magh-: māgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 695
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015) “magėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-298
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