Where does “mattuc” come from?

mattuc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mattukaz, from Proto-Indo-European mat- — worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

mattuc (Old English): a mattock or pickaxe

Definitions

  1. a mattock or pickaxe

Ancestry of “mattuc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmattukazmattock, ploughshare
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmat-worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

Words derived from “mattuc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mat- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mattukaz →