"mēgaz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See mēgaz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛː.ɣɑz/
Etymology: Suggested to be related to *maguz (“boy, relative”). Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mēgaz [nominative, singular], mēgōz [nominative, plural], mēgōs [nominative, plural], mēg [singular, vocative], mēgōz [plural, vocative], mēgōs [plural, vocative], mēgą [accusative, singular], mēganz [accusative, plural], mēgas [genitive, singular], mēgis [genitive, singular], mēgǫ̂ [genitive, plural], mēgai [dative, singular], mēgamaz [dative, plural], mēgō [instrumental, singular], mēgamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. son-in-law; or more generally, a relative through marriage Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mēgaz-gem-pro-noun-g21xq~qr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*māg"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *māg\nOld English: mǣġ m or f\nMiddle English: mæȝ, mæi, meȝ, mei\nEnglish: may (“kinsman, person”)\n⇒ Old English: māga m (“descendant, son”)\n⇒ Old English: māge, mǣġe f\nOld Frisian: mēch\nNorth Frisian: meeg\nOld Saxon: māg\nMiddle Low German: mâch\nOld Dutch: *māg\nMiddle Dutch: mâech\nDutch: maag\nAfrikaans: maag\nOld High German: māg\nMiddle High German: māc\nGerman: Mage",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *māg\nOld English: mǣġ m or f\nMiddle English: mæȝ, mæi, meȝ, mei\nEnglish: may (“kinsman, person”)\n⇒ Old English: māga m (“descendant, son”)\n⇒ Old English: māge, mǣġe f\nOld Frisian: mēch\nNorth Frisian: meeg\nOld Saxon: māg\nMiddle Low German: mâch\nOld Dutch: *māg\nMiddle Dutch: mâech\nDutch: maag\nAfrikaans: maag\nOld High German: māg\nMiddle High German: māc\nGerman: Mage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: mágr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mágur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mágur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mágur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "mágur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: mágur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: mágur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "māgher"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: māgher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: māgher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "māgh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: māgh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: māgh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
            "2": "*mees",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "man",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Proto-Finnic: *mees (“man”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Proto-Finnic: *mees (“man”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suggested to be related to *maguz (“boy, relative”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēganz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēgaz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son-in-law; or more generally, a relative through marriage"
      ],
      "id": "en-mēgaz-gem-pro-noun-g21xq~qr",
      "links": [
        [
          "son-in-law",
          "son-in-law"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛː.ɣɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mēgaz"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*māg"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *māg\nOld English: mǣġ m or f\nMiddle English: mæȝ, mæi, meȝ, mei\nEnglish: may (“kinsman, person”)\n⇒ Old English: māga m (“descendant, son”)\n⇒ Old English: māge, mǣġe f\nOld Frisian: mēch\nNorth Frisian: meeg\nOld Saxon: māg\nMiddle Low German: mâch\nOld Dutch: *māg\nMiddle Dutch: mâech\nDutch: maag\nAfrikaans: maag\nOld High German: māg\nMiddle High German: māc\nGerman: Mage",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *māg\nOld English: mǣġ m or f\nMiddle English: mæȝ, mæi, meȝ, mei\nEnglish: may (“kinsman, person”)\n⇒ Old English: māga m (“descendant, son”)\n⇒ Old English: māge, mǣġe f\nOld Frisian: mēch\nNorth Frisian: meeg\nOld Saxon: māg\nMiddle Low German: mâch\nOld Dutch: *māg\nMiddle Dutch: mâech\nDutch: maag\nAfrikaans: maag\nOld High German: māg\nMiddle High German: māc\nGerman: Mage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "non",
            "2": "mágr"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: mágr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: mágr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mágur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mágur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mágur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "mágur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: mágur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: mágur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "māgher"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: māgher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: māgher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "māgh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: māgh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: māgh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "måg"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: måg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: måg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
            "2": "*mees",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "man",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Proto-Finnic: *mees (“man”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Proto-Finnic: *mees (“man”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suggested to be related to *maguz (“boy, relative”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēganz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēgamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēgaz",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "gem-pro:Family",
        "gem-pro:Family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son-in-law; or more generally, a relative through marriage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "son-in-law",
          "son-in-law"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
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        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛː.ɣɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mēgaz"
}

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