meager
Frisian (Western)
adjective
Definitions
- skinny, not well fed
- lean, lacking in fat
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frisian *māger inherited from Proto-Germanic *magraz (lean, meager) inherited 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
- meager English
- meagerly English
- meagerness English
- macer Latin
- macrum Latin
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- mæger Old English
- megre Middle English
- magr Old Norse
- magar Old High German
- mér Old Irish
- *magar Old Dutch
- *māger Old Frisian
- maga Jamaican Creole
- mawga Jamaican Creole