Where does “mögur” come from?

mögur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mǫgr, from Proto-Germanic maguz, from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus — boy; young person; boy-servant?; young person.

mögur (Icelandic): son

Definitions

  1. son

Ancestry of “mögur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemǫgrson, boy, youth
2Proto-Germanicmaguzboy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic maguz →Every word from Old Norse mǫgr →