*mōhô

Runic: ᛗᛟᚺᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.xɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

poppy, poppyseed

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂k-ō ~ *m̥h₂k-né-s, from *meh₂k- + *-ō. Close cognate with Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (mḗkōn, ‘poppy’). Also related to Proto-Slavic *makъ (‘poppy’), Albanian mokth (‘pheasant's eye’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mōhô	mōhaniz
Acc.	mōhanų	mahanunz
Gen.	mahanaz	mahanǫ̂
Dat.	magini	magummaz
Inst.	mahanē	magummiz
Voc.	mōhô	mōhaniz

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Descendants

*mahō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *māho (Old Dutch)
  - maen, mane (Middle Dutch)
*mahō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maho, mago (Old High German)
  - mahe, mahen, mān, magen, mage (Middle High German)
    - mago (Cimbrian)
    - magun (Estonian)
    - magone (Latvian)
    - aguona (Lithuanian)
    - mage (Swabian)
*mahō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maho, mago (Old High German)
  - mahe, mahen, mān, magen, mage (Middle High German)
    - Mohn (German)
      - moon (Estonian)
*mahō (Proto-West Germanic)
- māho (Old Saxon)
  - mân (Middle Low German)
    - Mahn, Maon (German Low German)
*magō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *māho (Old Dutch)
  - maen, mane (Middle Dutch)
*magō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maho, mago (Old High German)
  - mahe, mahen, mān, magen, mage (Middle High German)
    - mago (Cimbrian)
    - magun (Estonian)
    - magone (Latvian)
    - aguona (Lithuanian)
    - mage (Swabian)
*magō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maho, mago (Old High German)
  - mahe, mahen, mān, magen, mage (Middle High German)
    - Mohn (German)
      - moon (Estonian)
*magō (Proto-West Germanic)
- māho (Old Saxon)
  - mân (Middle Low German)
    - Mahn, Maon (German Low German)
*mogi (Old Norse)
- *valmogi (Old Norse)
  - vamoque (Norman)
  - valmoe (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*mogi (Old Norse)
- *valmogi (Old Norse)
  - valmughæ (Old Danish)
    - valmue (Danish)
      - valmúi (Faroese)
      - valmúi (Icelandic)
      - valmue (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - valmue (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*mogi (Old Norse)
- *valmogi (Old Norse)
  - valmoghe (Old Swedish)
    - vallmo (Swedish)

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