Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from *maginą (“ability, power, might, main”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*maginōną[1]
- to strengthen, to become strong
- to have the power to, to be able to
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *maginōną (weak class 2)
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *maginōn
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- ⇒ Old English: ġemæġened
- Old High German: *meginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gimeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: irmeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: ubarmeginōn
- Middle High German: übermegenen
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- Old Norse: megna
- Icelandic: megna
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*maʒenōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253