Where does “glarmager” come from?

glarmager (Danish) comes from Danish mager, from German Magier, from German Magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία, from Ancient Greek Μάγος, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš — to be able.

glarmager (Danish): glazier

Definitions

  1. glazier

Ancestry of “glarmager”, step by step

glarmager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish mager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmagerlean; thin, spare, skinny, scrawny; poor, meagre
2GermanMagiermage, magician
3GermanMagiemagic
4Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
5Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
6Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
7Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
8Proto-Iranianmagúš
9Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via Danish glar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishglar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-