Where does “māge” come from?

māge (Middle Low German) 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.

māge (Middle Low German): stomach

Definitions

  1. stomach

Ancestry of “māge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmago—
2Proto-West Germanicmagōstomach
3Proto-Germanicmagôstomach
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmak-bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch

Words derived from “māge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic magô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic magō →
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