Words that come from Proto-Germanic metaną

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Germanic metaną — including mate, inmate, chum, classmate, bookmate, stalemate, playmate, messmate.

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English (132)

Finnish (85)

German (82)

Swedish (20)

Dutch (14)

Estonian (5)

Danish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Indonesian (4)

Plautdietsch (4)

Yiddish (4)

Cebuano (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Old English (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old High German (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Gothic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle Low German (2)

French (1)

Faroese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Japanese (1)

Pitjantjatjara (1)

Esperanto (1)

Latvian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle High German (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)