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Where does “magu” come from?

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

magu (Proto-West Germanic): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “magu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “magu”

  • maguþegn
  • magu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →