Where does “mathk” come from?

mathk (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

Ancestry of “mathk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
2Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
3Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “mathk”

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