Where does “mager” come from?

mager (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse mágr, from Proto-Germanic magraz, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.

mager (Norwegian Bokmål): meager (US) or meagre (UK), lean

Definitions

  1. meager (US) or meagre (UK), lean

Ancestry of “mager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemágra male relative by marriage (kin to one’s spouse or spouse to one’s kin); son-in-law, father-in-law or brother-in-law
2Proto-Germanicmagrazlean, meager
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long

Words derived from “mager”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic magraz →