Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mahtiz

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

Alternative forms

• *mahtuz

Etymology

From *maganą +‎ *-þiz, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis < *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑx.tiz/

Noun

*mahtiz f

1. power, ability
2. strength, force

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *mahtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mahtiz	*mahtīz
vocative	*mahti	*mahtīz
accusative	*mahtį	*mahtinz
genitive	*mahtīz	*mahtijǫ̂
dative	*mahtī	*mahtimaz
instrumental	*mahtī	*mahtimiz

Derived terms

• *mahtīgaz
• *mahtijaną
• *mahtilausaz
• *unmahtiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mahti, *mahtu
  • Old English: meaht, meht, mieht, miht
    • Middle English: miht, might
      • Scots: micht
      • English: might
      • Yola: mought
  • Old Frisian: mecht, macht
    • North Frisian: macht
    • Saterland Frisian: Macht
    • West Frisian: macht
  • Old Saxon: maht
    • Middle Low German: macht
      • German Low German: Macht
      • Dutch Low Saxon: macht
      • Plautdietsch: Macht
      • → Norwegian: makt
      • → Swedish: makt
      • → Danish: magt
      • → Gutnish: mäkt
  • Old Dutch: *maht
    • Middle Dutch: macht
      • Dutch: macht
        • Afrikaans: mag
      • Limburgish: mach
  • Old High German: maht
    • Middle High German: maht, macht
      • German: Macht
      • Luxembourgish: Muecht
      • Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)
• Proto-Norse:
  • Old Norse: máttr
    • Icelandic: máttur
    • Faroese: máttur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mått
    • → Scots: maucht
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts)
• → Finnish: mahti