köken: From Middle High German künnen, kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The umlauted ö in the infinitive and plural present—as well as the umlaut in the other modal verbs mögen (“to like”), müssen (“to have to”), and dürfen (“to be allowed to”)—is unexpected from an historical point of view.…
to be allowed · may, can, be allowed to · may go, can go, to be allowed to go
çekim: geçmiş mochten · ortaç gemogen · şimdiki mag · ulaç mogend
köken: From Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
köken: This is a compound phrase of the interrogative particle か (ka, used to form questions, also used as a coordinating particle similar to English whether), the inclusive particle も (mo, “even, also”) plus the negative potential non-past form 知(し)れない (shirenai, literally “can not know”) of the verb 知(し)る (shiru, “to know something”), all together literally meaning “can not even know whether…
to escort, usher, see, accompany, walk, take · to bring, drive (into a situation) · may (do, probably do); (in the conditional mood) might (do, probably do)
çekim: geçmiş saattanut · şimdiki saattaisi · ulaç saattava
köken: From Proto-Finnic *saattadak. Equivalent to saa- (“to get, arrive”) + -ttaa. Compare Karelian šuattua (“to escort; to be able”), and Erzya савтомс (savtoms, “to cause”).
Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations.
köken: From må (“may, might”) + ske (“happen”), after Middle Low German machschēn (“mayhap”). Compare with Norwegian kanskje and Swedish kanske. Compare also English mayhap and Dutch misschien.
Apocopic form of måga, from Old Swedish magha, from Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe, from root *megʰ-.