magh- : māgh-

    magh- : māgh-

    English meaning: to be able; to help; power

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “können, vermögen, helfen”

    Material: O.Ind. maghá- “power, power, richness, gift”, maghávan-, maghávat ‘strong”, Iran. magu-, O.Pers. magus “Magier, magician “ (out of it Gk. μάγος, Lat. magus); Maybe Alb. (*magh-) math “big, powerful” [common Alb. -g > -dh; -k > -th shift] Arm. marthankh “Hilfsmittel” (*mag-thra-); Gk. μῆχος n. (Dor. μᾶχος), poet. μῆχαρ “Hilfsmittel”, μηχανή, Dor. μᾱχανά̄ (> Lat. machina) “Hilfsmittel, tool, artifice”; Goth. O.E. magan, O.Ice. mega, maga, muga, O.Fris. muga, M.L.G. mögen, O.H.G. magan, mugan “mögen”; 1. sg. present Goth. O.S. O.H.G. mag, O.Ice. mü, O.E. mæg, O.Fris. mei; O.Ice. magn, meg(i)n n. “power, Hauptsache”, O.E. mægen, O.H.G., O.S. magan, megin ds.; Goth. mahts f. “power, power “, O.H.G. O.S. maht, O.E. meaht, might, O.Ice. müttr ds.; Maybe truncated Alb.Gheg (*mugan) mun, Tosc mund “might” [common Alb. n > nd shift] Lith. mãgulas “numerous, much, a lot of”; O.C.S. mogǫ, mošti “ to be able, vermögen”, po-mošti, Iterat. po-magati “help” etc., O.C.S. moštь, Russ. močь etc. “power, strength “ (= Goth. mahts).

    References: WP. II 227, Trautmann 164 f., H. Gũntert, Weltkönig 108 f.; whether E. Fraenkel (Lexis 1, 169 f.) right Gk. μῆχος with Lith. moke ́ti “ to be able, understand, comprehend “ auf eine root mükh- zurũckfũhrt, could die other words also auf megh-: mogh- go back; compare Toch. A mokats “mighty”.