Swedish må

← Proto-Germanic *maganą (inherited)

← Old Swedish magha (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (mention)

← Old Norse mega (inherited)

→ English may (cognate)

→ Swedish måhända (compound)

→ Swedish förmå (prefix)