Where does “magapest” come from?

magapest (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic magi, from Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic magô, from Proto-Indo-European mak- — bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch.

magapest (Icelandic): stomach flu, stomach bug, gastroenteritis

Definitions

  1. stomach flu, stomach bug, gastroenteritis

Ancestry of “magapest”, step by step

magapest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic magi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmagistomach; tummy, belly
2Old Norsemagistomach
3Proto-Germanicmagôstomach
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmak-bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch

via Icelandic pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpest—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic magô →Every word from Old Norse magi →