mackly

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mag-“to knead, press”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*makaz“comfortable, suitable”
3. Old Norse · derived frommakr“easy”
4. Middle English · inherited frommakli
5. English todaymackly

From Middle English makli, from make (“easy”, adjective), from Old Norse makr (“easy”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“comfortable, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, press”), equivalent to make + -ly. Cognate with Old English macalīc (“convenient”), Scots makly, Middle Low German gemaclīch, Middle High German gemechlīche (“easily”) (German gemächlich (“gently”)), Dutch makkelijk (“easy”).

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