Where does “magu” come from?

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

magu (Old English): son, boy; servant, retainer; man, hero, warrior

Definitions

  1. son, boy; servant, retainer; man, hero, warrior

Ancestry of “magu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmaguboy
2Proto-Germanicmaguzboy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person

Words derived from “magu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic maguz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic magu →