Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *maganą.

Verb

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*magan

  1. to be able, may

Inflection

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*mag, *maht, *magun, *mahtā

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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In all descendants but Old English, the infinitive/plural stem vowel was replaced with u (even then, most Middle English forms are from an Old English *mugan).