Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mahtiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

power, ability
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
*unmahtiz

Descendants

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
Old High German: maht
- Middle High German: maht, macht
  - German: Macht
  - Luxembourgish: Muecht
  - Yiddish: מאַכט‎ (makht)
Old Norse: *mahtr, máttr
- Icelandic: máttur
- Faroese: máttur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mått
- Scots: maucht
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts)
→ Finnish: mahti

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