Where does “*magan” come from?

*magan (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- — to be able.

Ancestry of “*magan”, 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

Words derived from “*magan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe →Every word from Proto-Germanic maganą →