Where does “māte” come from?

māte (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gimato, from Proto-Germanic gamatjô, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Ancestry of “māte”, step by step

māte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gimato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongimato—
2Proto-Germanicgamatjô—
3Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
6Middle Englishkyt—
7Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
8Old High Germankuti—
9Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
10Proto-Germanickweduzresin
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
12Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Old Saxon metan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmetanto measure; to mete
2Proto-West Germanicmetanto measure
3Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Proto-Germanic mētō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size

Words derived from “māte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →