mugan
Old Saxon
verb
Definitions
- may, to be allowed to
- can, to be able to
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *maganą (may, be able to, be able) derived from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (be able, capable, help, be able to, power, sorcerer).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*megʰ-
Gloss
be able, capable, help, be able to, power, sorcerer
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
力
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mögen German
- может быть Russian
- помочь Russian
- μηχανή Ancient Greek
- μῆχος Ancient Greek
- *(me)mógʰe Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mógʰtis Proto-Indo-European
- *maganiz Proto-Germanic
- *maganą Proto-Germanic
- *maginą Proto-Germanic
- *mahtiz Proto-Germanic
- *meganą Proto-Germanic
- mogelegheit Norwegian Nynorsk
- moglegheit Norwegian Nynorsk
- mulegheit Norwegian Nynorsk
- muligheit Norwegian Nynorsk
- magan Old English
- mægen Old English
- mawen Middle English
- mouin Middle English
- mouwe Middle English
- mow Middle English
- mowen Middle English
- landsmegin Old Norse
- mega Old Norse
- meginherr Old Norse
- meginland Old Norse
- megn Old Norse
- má Old Norse
- mátta Old Norse
- mǫguligr Old Norse
- vanmegin Old Norse
- úmagaeyrir Old Norse
- úmagi Old Norse
- *moťi Proto-Slavic
- mugan Old High German
- mugen Middle High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *magan gmw-pro
- mugan Old Dutch
- macht Middle Low German
- mȫgelîk Middle Low German
- mȫgen Middle Low German
- vormoge Middle Low German
- vormogen Middle Low German
- möge Alemannic German
- *magan Frankish
- muga Old Frisian
- mögen Low German
- meege Pennsylvania German
- mugge Central Franconian