Where does “Mædmonaþ” come from?

Mædmonaþ (Old English) comes from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Mædmonaþ (Old English): the seventh month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar

Definitions

  1. the seventh month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar

Ancestry of “Mædmonaþ”, step by step

Mædmonaþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mōnaþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōnaþmonth
2Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Old English mǣd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmǣdmead, meadow, pasture
2Proto-West Germanic*mādumeadow, clearing
3Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs →