Where does “mæcg” come from?

mæcg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic magjaz, from Proto-Germanic maguz, from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus — boy; young person; boy-servant?; young person.

mæcg (Old English): a man

Definitions

  1. a man

Ancestry of “mæcg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmagjaz—
2Proto-Germanicmaguzboy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person

Words derived from “mæcg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic maguz →Every word from Proto-Germanic magjaz →