Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰ-, *magʰ-, *megʰ- ‎(“power”). Cognate with Old Frisian muga, Middle Dutch mogen (Dutch mogen), Old High German magan (German mögen), Old Norse mega (Icelandic mega), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 ‎(magan); and more distantly with Russian мочь ‎(močʹ), Lithuanian megti, Ancient Greek μῆχος ‎(mêkhos, “contrivance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɣɑn/