Where does “maddok” come from?

maddok (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

maddok (Middle English): earthworm; bedbug; maggot

Definitions

  1. earthworm; bedbug; maggot

Ancestry of “maddok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “maddok”

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