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Where does “māda” come from?

māda (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

Ancestry of “māda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap
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