máttur
Icelandic
[ˈmauhtʏr]
noun
Definitions
- power, strength
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse máttr inherited from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (power, might) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mógʰtis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- almighty English
- might English
- might-be English
- mighta English
- mightand English
- mighteous English
- mightest English
- mighteth English
- mightful English
- mightless English
- mightly English
- mightn't English
- mightnae English
- mighty English
- unmight English
- Mactulfi Latin
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mógʰtis Proto-Indo-European
- *mahtiz Proto-Germanic
- mått Norwegian Nynorsk
- miht Old English
- mihtig Old English
- mihtleas Old English
- mihtlic Old English
- mihtlice Old English
- ælmiht Old English
- might Middle English
- myght Middle English
- máttr Old Norse
- máttlaus Icelandic
- maht Old High German
- máttur Faroese
- Muecht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *mahti Proto-Finnic
- macht Middle Low German
- maht Old Saxon