Where does “mawk” come from?

mawk (English) comes from Middle English mawke, from Middle English mathek, from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

mawk (English): a maggot; a slattern

Definitions

  1. a maggot; a slattern

Ancestry of “mawk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmawke—
2Middle Englishmathek—
3Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
4Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
5Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “mawk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz →
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