må
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- may, must
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish magha inherited from Old Norse mega (must, may) inherited from Proto-Germanic *maganą (may, be able to, be able) derived from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ- (be able, can).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*magʰ-
Gloss
be able, can
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- formay English
- may English
- maybe English
- mayblossom English
- mayest English
- mayhaw English
- maying English
- mayn't English
- *(me)mógʰe Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *maganą Proto-Germanic
- *mawī Proto-Germanic
- *meganą Proto-Germanic
- förmå Swedish
- hända Swedish
- måhända Swedish
- magan Old English
- mægen Old English
- mowen Middle English
- mega Old Norse
- úmagi Old Norse
- mega Icelandic
- mugan Old High German
- mega Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *magan gmw-pro
- mugan Old Dutch
- vormogen Middle Low German
- mugan Old Saxon
- formā Old Swedish
- magha Old Swedish
- *magan Frankish
- muga Old Frisian