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”

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