Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/managaz
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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic
editEtymology
editLikely from a substrate language of northwestern Europe. Or from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“large”) with a nasal infix. Proto-Celtic *menekkis, Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ, Proto-Finno-Permic *mone are probably from the same source; according to Watkins, the Germanic, Slavic, and Celtic terms could all stem from a late (Northwestern) Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*managaz (comparative *managizô, superlative *managistaz)
Inflection
editDeclension of *managaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *managaz | *managai | *managō | *managôz | *managą, -atō | *managō |
| Accusative | *managanǭ | *managanz | *managǭ | *managōz | *managą, -atō | *managō |
| Genitive | *managas, -is | *managaizǫ̂ | *managaizōz | *managaizǫ̂ | *managas, -is | *managaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *managammai | *managaimaz | *managaizōi | *managaimaz | *managammai | *managaimaz |
| Instrumental | *managanō | *managaimiz | *managaizō | *managaimiz | *managanō | *managaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *managô | *managaniz | *managǭ | *managōniz | *managô | *managōnō |
| Accusative | *managanų | *managanunz | *managōnų | *managōnunz | *managô | *managōnō |
| Genitive | *managiniz | *managanǫ̂ | *managōniz | *managōnǫ̂ | *managiniz | *managanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *managini | *managammaz | *managōni | *managōmaz | *managini | *managammaz |
| Instrumental | *managinē | *managammiz | *managōnē | *managōmiz | *managinē | *managammiz |
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *manag
- Old Norse: mangr
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags)
Further reading
edit- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
References
edit- ^ “many”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “many”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”