Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēkijas agjō
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *mēkijaz + *agjō. The phrase may well have originated in a later Germanic language and spread to the others through diffusion during late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages, meaning the term needs not necessarily have existed in Proto-Germanic.
Noun[edit]
- (poetic) "sword's edge"
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *mākijas aggju
- Old English: mǣċes eċġ
- Old Saxon: mākies eggia
- Old Norse: mækis egg