*makô

Runic: ᛗᚨᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.kɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

an equal; comrade; mate; match

Etymology

An old n-stem as evidenced by the Kluge's law variant *makkô, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *móg-ō, from *meg-, *mog- (‘to knead, work’) (alternatively *mag-, *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ-; various sets of cognates and meanings suggested). In any case from the same root as *makaz (‘fitting, suitable, convenient, comfortable’); see there for the root reconstruction.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	makô	makaniz
Acc.	makanų	makanunz
Gen.	makiniz	makanǫ̂
Dat.	makini	makammaz
Inst.	makinē	makammiz
Voc.	makô	makaniz

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Descendants

*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- kamahho, gimahho, gimacho, gimahha (Old High German)
*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gimako, *gimakko (Old Dutch)
  - *gemakke, *ghemacke, macker (Middle Dutch)
    - makker (Dutch)
      - makker (Danish)
*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gimako, *gimakko (Old Dutch)
  - *gemakke, *ghemacke, macker (Middle Dutch)
    - makker (Dutch)
      - Macker (German Low German)
        
        Macker (German)
*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maca, ġemaca, mæċċa, ġemæċċa (Old English)
  - make, mak, ȝemace, imake, mache, meche, macche, mecche, matche, metche (Middle English)
    - mak, mach, match (Scots)
*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maca, ġemaca, mæċċa, ġemæċċa (Old English)
  - make, mak, ȝemace, imake, mache, meche, macche, mecche, matche, metche (Middle English)
    - make, match (English)
      - матч (matč) (Russian)
        
        մատչ (matčʻ) (Armenian)
*makō (Proto-West Germanic)
- gimako (Old Saxon)
  - makkære, makker (Middle Low German)
    - Macker (German Low German)
maki (Old Norse)
- mage (Danish)
- maki (Faroese)
- maki (Icelandic)
- make (Norwegian)
maki (Old Norse)
- maki (Old Swedish)
  - make, maka (Swedish)
*mākë (Proto-Samic)

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