Where does “mage” come from?

mage (Dutch Low Saxon) comes from Old Saxon mago, from Proto-West Germanic magō, from Proto-Germanic magô, from Proto-Indo-European mak- — bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch.

mage (Dutch Low Saxon): stomach

Definitions

  1. stomach

Ancestry of “mage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmago—
2Proto-West Germanicmagōstomach
3Proto-Germanicmagôstomach
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmak-bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic magô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic magō →