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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *magrá-
Meaning: lean, skinny
Old Norse: magr
Norwegian: mager
Swedish: mager
Danish: mager, maver
Old English: { mäger }
English: meager, meagre
Middle Dutch: māgher
Dutch: mager
Middle Low German: māger
Old High German: magar (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: mager, meger 'mager'
German: mager
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Proto-IE: *māk'-
Meaning: tall and thin
Hittite: maklant- 'mager' (Friedrich 133)
Avestan: mas- 'lang', comp. masyɔ̄, sup. masšta-; masah- n. 'Länge, Grösse'
Other Iranian: OPers sup. maɵišta- 'der höchste'
Old Greek: mǟ̂kos n. `Länge, Körperlänge', mǟkǖ́nō `verlängern, ausdehnen'; makró- `lang, gross, hoch; tief; schlank, fern, lange dauernd'
Latin: macer, -cra `mager, Dünn', maceo, -ēre `mager sein', maciēs, -ēī f. `Magerkeit'
Russ. meaning: длинный и тонкий
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1217
Root: māk̂- : mǝk̂-
English meaning: long, slender
German meaning: `lang und dünn, schlank'
Derivatives: mǝk̂rós ds.
Material: Av. mas- `lang', Komp. masyā̊ `der größere', Sup. masiṣta-, ap. maɵišta- `der höchste', av. masah- n. `Länge, Größe' (*mas- für *mis- aus idg. mǝs- durch Einfluß von mazyā̊ `größer': μέγας), gr. μά̆σσω, μά̆σσων (*μᾰκι̯ων) neben μα̃σσον (nach ἆσσον `näher') `länger', μήκιστος `der längste', μη̃κος, dor. μα̃κος n. `Länge', Μάκετα `Hochland', Μακεδόνες daher `Hochländer', μακεδνός `schlank', nachhom. μηκεδανός ds., μακρός `lang' (= lat. macer, dt. mager); vielleicht μάκαρ n. `Glückseligkeit'; lat. macer, -cra, -crum `mager', maceō, -ēre `mager sein', maciēs f. `Magerkeit';
vielleicht hierher air. mēr m. `Finger' (*makro-);
ahd. magar, ags. mæger, aisl. magr `mager'; dazu mit l-Suffix hitt. ma-ak-la-an-te-eš (maklantes) Nom. Pl. `mager'.
References: WP. II 223 f., WH. II 2, Benveniste BSL. 33, 140 f.
Pages: 699
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