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Where does “Made” come from?

Made (German) comes from Old High German mado, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

Made (German): maggot

Definitions

  1. maggot

Ancestry of “Made”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmadomaggot
2Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “Made”

  • Madenwurm
  • madigmachen
  • madig
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