Where does “mawkish” come from?

Mawkish derives from Middle English -isch and Old English -isċ combined with Old Norse maðkr, meaning maggot, traced through Proto-Germanic maþukaz to Proto-Indo-European mot-.

mawkish (English): Feeling sick, queasy; Sickening or insipid in...

Definitions

  1. Feeling sick, queasy; Sickening or insipid in...

Ancestry of “mawkish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmawka maggot; a slattern
2Middle Englishmawke—
3Middle Englishmathek—
4Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
5Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
6Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “mawkish”

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