mager
German (Berlin)
adjective
Definitions
- lean, without fat
- meager, skinny
Etymology
Derived from Old High German magar (thin, meager) derived 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
- comeager English
- comeagre English
- meager English
- meagerly English
- meagerness English
- meagre English
- meagrely English
- meagreness English
- macer Latin
- macrum Latin
- Magersucht German
- Sucht German
- abmagern German
- magersüchtig German
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- mager Swedish
- mæger Old English
- megre Middle English
- magr Old Norse
- magar Old High German
- mér Old Irish
- moer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- maigre Middle French
- *magar Old Dutch
- magher Old Swedish
- *māger Old Frisian
- maga Jamaican Creole
- mawga Jamaican Creole