maech

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *māg, from Proto-West Germanic *māg.

Noun

mâech m

1. blood relative

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	mâech	mâge
accusative	mâech	mâge
genitive	mâechs	mâge
dative	mâge	mâgen

Descendants

• Dutch: maag

Further reading

• “maech”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “maech”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN