Where does “mattok” come from?

mattok (Middle English) comes from Old English mattuc, from Proto-Germanic mattukaz, from Proto-Indo-European mat- — worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

mattok (Middle English): mattock, pickaxe

Definitions

  1. mattock, pickaxe

Ancestry of “mattok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmattuca mattock or pickaxe
2Proto-Germanicmattukazmattock, ploughshare
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmat-worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

Words derived from “mattok”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mat- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mattukaz →Every word from Old English mattuc →
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