Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo be strong; to have power (over). · To be able; can. · To be able to go. · To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
From Middle English magen, mauen, mawe, mawen, mayen, maȝen, mouin, mow, mowen, moȝen, mugen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”), from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe (“to be able”), from *megʰ- (“to be able”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mey (“may”), Yola ma, maa, mai, mey, mye (“may”), North Frisian mai, mei, mooge (“like to, would”), West Frisian meie (“may; to like”), Alemannic German möge (“may; can”), Bavarian megn (“to like; to want to”), Central Franconian mugge (“to like; may”), Cimbrian mögan, möng (“may”), Dutch mogen (“to be allowed; may; to like”), German and Low German mögen (“to like; would like; may”), Yiddish מעגן (megn, “may”), Danish måtte (“have to; may”), Faroese and Icelandic mega (“may; must”), Norwegian Bokmål måtta (“may; must”), Norwegian Nynorsk måtta, måtte (“may; must”), Swedish må (“may; must”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan, “to be able, can, may”); also Irish smacht (“ordinance, regulation, rule; dominion, sway; control, discipline, restraint; fine, penalty”), Lithuanian mėgti (“to like”), Belarusian магчы́ (mahčý, “to be able”), Bulgarian мо́га (móga, “to be able”), Czech moci (“to be able”), Kashubian mòc (“to be able”), Lower Sorbian moc, móc, moz (“to be able”), Macedonian може (može, “to be able”), Pannonian Rusyn мочи (moči, “to be able”), Polish móc (“to be able”), Russian мочь (močʹ, “to be able”), Serbo-Croatian мо̏ћи, mȍći (“to be able”), Slovak môcť (“to be able; be allowed to”), Slovene moči (“to be able”), Slovincian môc (“to be able”), Ukrainian могти́ (mohtý, “to be able”), Persian مغ (moġ, “magus”), Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power, wealth; bounty, gift, reward”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*megʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmagenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmaganang
- Inherited-form mention*magangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*maganągem-pro · to be able, may
- Inherited-form mention*(me)mógʰeine-pro · to be able
- Cognate mentionmeysco · may
- Cognate mentionmayol
- Cognate mentionmaifrr
- Cognate mentionmeiefy · may; to like
- Cognate mentionmögegsw · may; can
- Cognate mentionmegnbar · to like; to want to
- Cognate mentionmuggegmw-cfr · to like; may
- Cognate mentionmögancim
- Cognate mentionmogennl · to be allowed; may; to like
- Cognate mentionמעגןyi · may
- Cognate mentionmåtteda · have to; may
- Cognate mentionmåttanb · may; must
- Cognate mentionmåttann
- Cognate mentionmåsv · may; must
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽got · to be able, can, may
- Cognate mentionsmachtga · ordinance, regulation, rule; dominion, sway; control, discipline, restraint; fine, penalty
- Cognate mentionmėgtilt · to like
- Cognate mentionмагчы́be · to be able
- Cognate mentionмо́гаbg · to be able
- Cognate mentionmocics · to be able
- Cognate mentionmòccsb · to be able
- Cognate mentionmocdsb
- Cognate mentionможеmk · to be able
- Cognate mentionмочиrsk · to be able
- Cognate mentionmócpl · to be able
- Cognate mentionмочьru · to be able
- Cognate mentionмо̏ћиsh
- Cognate mentionmôcťsk · to be able; be allowed to
- Cognate mentionmočisl · to be able
- Cognate mentionmôczlw-slv · to be able
- Cognate mentionмогти́uk · to be able
- Cognate mentionمغfa · magus
- Cognate mentionमघsa · power, wealth; bounty, gift, reward
This page abbreviates 4 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"name": "root",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*megʰ-"
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"expansion": ""
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"expansion": "Middle English magen"
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"t": "to be able"
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"2": "mey",
"t": "may"
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"expansion": "Scots mey (“may”)"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ma"
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"expansion": "Yola ma"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "mai"
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"expansion": "North Frisian mai"
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"name": "cog",
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"2": "meie",
"t": "may; to like"
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"expansion": "Cimbrian mögan"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "mogen",
"t": "to be allowed; may; to like"
},
"expansion": "Dutch mogen (“to be allowed; may; to like”)"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "de,nds",
"2": "mögen",
"t": "to like; would like; may"
},
"expansion": "German and Low German mögen (“to like; would like; may”)"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "מעגן",
"t": "may"
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"1": "da",
"2": "måtte",
"t": "have to; may"
},
"expansion": "Danish måtte (“have to; may”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "fo,is",
"2": "mega",
"t": "may; must"
},
"expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic mega (“may; must”)"
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"1": "nb",
"2": "måtta",
"t": "may; must"
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"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål måtta (“may; must”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "måtta"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk måtta"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "må",
"t": "may; must"
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"expansion": "Swedish må (“may; must”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽",
"t": "to be able, can, may"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan, “to be able, can, may”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "smacht",
"t": "ordinance, regulation, rule; dominion, sway; control, discipline, restraint; fine, penalty"
},
"expansion": "Irish smacht (“ordinance, regulation, rule; dominion, sway; control, discipline, restraint; fine, penalty”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mėgti",
"t": "to like"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mėgti (“to like”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "магчы́",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Belarusian магчы́ (mahčý, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "мо́га",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian мо́га (móga, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "moci",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Czech moci (“to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "csb",
"2": "mòc",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Kashubian mòc (“to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "dsb",
"2": "moc"
},
"expansion": "Lower Sorbian moc"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "може",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Macedonian може (može, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "rsk",
"2": "мочи",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Pannonian Rusyn мочи (moči, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "móc",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Polish móc (“to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мочь",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Russian мочь (močʹ, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "мо̏ћи"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian мо̏ћи"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sk",
"2": "môcť",
"t": "to be able; be allowed to"
},
"expansion": "Slovak môcť (“to be able; be allowed to”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "moči",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Slovene moči (“to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "zlw-slv",
"2": "môc",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Slovincian môc (“to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "могти́",
"t": "to be able"
},
"expansion": "Ukrainian могти́ (mohtý, “to be able”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مغ",
"tr": "moġ",
"t": "magus"
},
"expansion": "Persian مغ (moġ, “magus”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मघ",
"t": "power, wealth; bounty, gift, reward"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power, wealth; bounty, gift, reward”)"
}
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"mawe",
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],
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"mawen",
"mawen#Middle_English"
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"mayen",
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"maȝen",
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"mouin",
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],
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"mow",
"mow#Middle_English"
],
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"mowen",
"mowen#Middle_English"
],
[
"moȝen",
"moȝen#Middle_English"
],
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"mugen",
"mugen#Middle_English"
],
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"magan",
"magan#Old_English"
],
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"*magan",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magan"
],
[
"*maganą",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maganą"
],
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"*(me)mógʰe",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(me)mógʰe"
],
[
"*megʰ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/megʰ-"
],
[
"mey",
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[
"ma",
"ma#Yola"
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"meie",
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"möge",
"möge#Alemannic_German"
],
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"megn",
"megn#Bavarian"
],
[
"mugge",
"mugge#Central_Franconian"
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[
"mögan",
"mögan#Cimbrian"
],
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"möng",
"möng#Cimbrian"
],
[
"mogen",
"mogen#Dutch"
],
[
"German",
"mögen#German"
],
[
"mögen",
"mögen#Low_German"
],
[
"מעגן",
"מעגן#Yiddish"
],
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"måtte",
"måtte#Danish"
],
[
"Faroese",
"mega#Faroese"
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[
"mega",
"mega#Icelandic"
],
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"måtta",
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"måtta",
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],
[
"måtte",
"måtte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"må",
"må#Swedish"
],
[
"𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽",
"𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽#Gothic"
],
[
"smacht",
"smacht#Irish"
],
[
"mėgti",
"mėgti#Lithuanian"
],
[
"магчы́",
"магчы#Belarusian"
],
[
"мо́га",
"мога#Bulgarian"
],
[
"moci",
"moci#Czech"
],
[
"mòc",
"mòc#Kashubian"
],
[
"moc",
"moc#Lower_Sorbian"
],
[
"móc",
"móc#Lower_Sorbian"
],
[
"moz",
"moz#Lower_Sorbian"
],
[
"може",
"може#Macedonian"
],
[
"мочи",
"мочи#Pannonian_Rusyn"
],
[
"móc",
"móc#Polish"
],
[
"мочь",
"мочь#Russian"
],
[
"мо̏ћи",
"моћи#Serbo-Croatian"
],
[
"mȍći",
"moći#Serbo-Croatian"
],
[
"môcť",
"môcť#Slovak"
],
[
"moči",
"moči#Slovene"
],
[
"môc",
"môc#Slovincian"
],
[
"могти́",
"могти#Ukrainian"
],
[
"مغ",
"مغ#Persian"
],
[
"मघ",
"मघ#Sanskrit"
]
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{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To be strong; to have power (over).",
"To be able; can.",
"To be able to go.",
"To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests."
],
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"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle",
"obsolete",
"auxiliary",
"poetic",
"defective",
"modal"
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