*mawī

Runic: ᛗᚨᚹᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.wiː/

noun · feminine · ī/jō-stem

Meanings

girl

Etymology

From earlier *magwī, from *maguz (‘boy’), with feminine suffix; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (‘young’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mawī	mawjôz
Acc.	mawjǭ	mawjōz
Gen.	mawjōz	mawjǫ̂
Dat.	mawjōi	mawjōmaz
Inst.	mawjō	mawjōmiz
Voc.	mawī	mawjôz

Descendants

mær (Old Norse)
- moy, moyggj (Faroese)
- måi (Gutnish)
- mær, mey, meyja (Icelandic)
- møy (Norwegian Bokmål)
- møy (Norwegian Nynorsk)
mær (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Danish)
  - mø (Danish)
mær (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Swedish)
  - mö (Swedish)
mey (Old Norse)
- moy, moyggj (Faroese)
- måi (Gutnish)
- mær, mey, meyja (Icelandic)
- møy (Norwegian Bokmål)
- møy (Norwegian Nynorsk)
mey (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Danish)
  - mø (Danish)
mey (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Swedish)
  - mö (Swedish)
meyja (Old Norse)
- moy, moyggj (Faroese)
- måi (Gutnish)
- mær, mey, meyja (Icelandic)
- møy (Norwegian Bokmål)
- møy (Norwegian Nynorsk)
meyja (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Danish)
  - mø (Danish)
meyja (Old Norse)
- mø̄ (Old Swedish)
  - mö (Swedish)
𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi) (Gothic)

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