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Where does “maþa” come from?

maþa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

maþa (Old English): worm; maggot

Definitions

  1. worm; maggot

Ancestry of “maþa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “maþa”

  • homemade
  • handmade
  • unmade
  • madest
  • premade
  • humanmade
  • newmade
  • housemade
  • countrymade
  • ymade
  • Teasmade
  • semi-homemade
  • fanmade
  • self-made
  • man-made
  • semihomemade
  • mathe
  • mathe
  • made
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