Where does “mooge” come from?

mooge (North Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- — to be able.

mooge (North Frisian): would, would like to, like to

Definitions

  1. would, would like to, like to

Ancestry of “mooge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaganąto be able, may
2Proto-Indo-European(me)mógʰeto have power, to be able to
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe →Every word from Proto-Germanic maganą →
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