Where does “mader” come from?

mader (Middle English) comes from Old English mædere, from Proto-Germanic madarǭ, from Proto-Indo-European modʰro-.

mader (Middle English): Madder or a similar plant; The dye obtained from...

Definitions

  1. Madder or a similar plant; The dye obtained from...

Ancestry of “mader”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæderemadder (Rubia tinctorum)
2Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-—

Words derived from “mader”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European modʰro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic madarǭ →Every word from Old English mædere →