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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maguz
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This Proto-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-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“boy”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *mogus (“boy, servant”), Old Irish mug, Cornish maw (“servant”).[1] Unrelated to Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣuz/
Inflection
The stem was originally *magw- alternating with *mag- next to *u as per the boukólos rule, but after the change *gw > *w would have had an alternation between *mag- and *maw- depending on the ending. This alternation is not preserved in any daughter language and presumably had been levelled in Proto-Germanic as well, but the derived noun still shows the second alternant.
| u-stemDeclension of *maguz (u-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *maguz | *magiwiz | |
| vocative | *magu | *magiwiz | |
| accusative | *magų | *magunz | |
| genitive | *magauz | *magiwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *magiwi | *magumaz | |
| instrumental | *magū | *magumiz | |
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*magu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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