Where does “mætast” come from?

mætast (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mæta, from Old Norse mǿta, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mætast (Icelandic): to meet one another

Definitions

  1. to meet one another

Ancestry of “mætast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmætato meet, to encounter; to confront, to face, to...
2Old Norsemǿtato meet
3Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
4Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →