mæger
Old English
adj
Definitions
- meager; lean
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *magraz (lean, meager) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros, *meh₂ḱ- (long, thin, raise, increase, slender).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₂ḱ-
Gloss
long, thin, raise, increase, slender
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
細
Emoji
🤥 🦒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comeager English
- macro English
- macro- English
- macromastia English
- macromastic English
- meager English
- meagerly English
- meagerness English
- Macrinus Latin
- maceo Latin
- macer Latin
- macies Latin
- macies, maciēs Latin
- macresco Latin
- macrior Latin
- macritas Latin
- macritudo Latin
- macrocarpus Latin
- macrocosmus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- macroverrucosus Latin
- macrum Latin
- mager German
- makro- Hungarian
- macro- Italian
- macro- French
- Μακεδών Ancient Greek
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- μᾶζᾰ Ancient Greek
- μῆκος Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- mager Norwegian Bokmål
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- mager Norwegian Nynorsk
- megre Middle English
- macra- Irish
- méar Irish
- méarchlár Irish
- méarlorg Irish
- méaróg Irish
- magr Old Norse
- magrligr Old Norse
- maigre Old French
- macro- Catalan, Valencian
- magur Icelandic
- magar Old High German
- mér Old Irish
- magur Faroese
- moer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *magar Old Dutch
- *maketi Proto-Celtic
- *makkʷos Proto-Celtic
- magher Old Swedish
- mæger Westrobothnian
- *māger Old Frisian
- megre xno
- maghær Old Danish
- maga Jamaican Creole
- mawga Jamaican Creole
- μακρύς Medieval Greek