Where does “Madenschraube” come from?

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

Madenschraube (German): set screw (A screw with threads the entire length and no head.)

Definitions

  1. set screw (A screw with threads the entire length and no head.)

Ancestry of “Madenschraube”, step by step

Madenschraube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Made

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMademaggot
2Old High Germanmadomaggot
3Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

via German Schraube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchraubescrew
2Middle High Germanschrūbescrew machine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Old High German mado →