magr
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- thin
- meager, meagre
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *magraz (lean, meager) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mh₂ḱros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- macer Latin
- macrum Latin
- mager German
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- mager Norwegian Bokmål
- utmagret Norwegian Bokmål
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- mager Swedish
- mager Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæger Old English
- magrligr Old Norse
- mager Danish
- magur Icelandic
- magar Old High German
- mér Old Irish
- magur Faroese
- moer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *magar Old Dutch
- magher Old Swedish
- mæger Westrobothnian
- *māger Old Frisian
- maghær Old Danish