Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/megʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*megʰ-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to be able

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ- (11 c, 0 e)

*(me-)mógʰ-e ~ *(me-)m̥gʰ-ḗr ((possibly unreduplicated?) stative)
*megʰ-óm
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰám
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *magʰám
    - Sanskrit: मघ (maghá)
*megʰ-ú-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *magʰúš
  - Proto-Iranian: *magúš
    - Avestan: 𐬨𐬊𐬕𐬎 (moġu)
    - Old Persian: 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
*mogʰ-tis? (probably secondary from the verb, o-grade would not be expected)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *magtis
  - Proto-Slavic: *moťь (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *mahtiz (see there for further descendants)
*mogʰ-tus? (as above)
- Proto-Germanic: *mahtuz
  - Old Norse: máttr
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Celtic: *smaxtus
  - Old Irish: smacht
    - Irish: smacht
    - Scottish Gaelic: smachd
- Proto-Germanic: *maginą (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “magh-: māgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 695
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “magėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-298

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “magh-: māgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 695

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “magėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-298

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