Where does “mathe” come from?

mathe (Middle English) comes from Old English maþu, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

Ancestry of “mathe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmaþu—
2Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Old English maþu →
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