Where does “mawkishly” come from?

mawkishly (English) comes from English mawkish, from English mawk, 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-.

mawkishly (English): In a mawkish manner

Definitions

  1. In a mawkish manner

Ancestry of “mawkishly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmawkishFeeling sick, queasy; Sickening or insipid in...
2Englishmawka maggot; a slattern
3Middle Englishmawke—
4Middle Englishmathek—
5Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
6Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
7Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz →