Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mākī

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 *mēkijaz.

Noun

*mākī m[1]

sword

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mākī
Genitive	*mākijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mākī	mākijō, mākijōs
Accusative	*mākī	*mākijā
Genitive	*mākijas	*mākijō
Dative	*mākijē	*mākijum
Instrumental	*mākiju	*mākijum

Descendants

Old English: mǣċe, mēċe
- Middle English: meche, mache, mæche
Old Saxon: māki

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *mākī”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *mākī”