mæger

See also: mäger

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Compare Old High German magar, Old Norse magr. Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin macer, whence modern English meager, through Old French.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmæ.jer/

Adjective

mæġer

  1. meager; lean

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse magr, from Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Compare Old High German magar, Old English mæger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmæːɣer/

Adjective

mæger

  1. meager; lean
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