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Where does “māg” come from?

māg (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic mēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European mag'- — to be able, help.

Ancestry of “māg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēgazson-in-law; or more generally, a relative through...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmag'-to be able, help

Words derived from “māg”

  • maech
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