Where does “mægen” come from?

mægen (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- — to be able.

mægen (Old English): strength, power; force, army; virtue, efficacy,...

Definitions

  1. strength, power; force, army; virtue, efficacy,...

Ancestry of “mægen”, 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 →