Where does “mæd” come from?

mæd (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

mæd (Old English): meadow

Definitions

  1. meadow

Ancestry of “mæd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mādumeadow, clearing
2Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēdwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mādu →