Where does “mag” come from?

mag (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic magos, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mag (Old Irish): a plain, field

Definitions

  1. a plain, field

Ancestry of “mag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “mag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic magos →