Where does “meteswamm” come from?

meteswamm (Old English) comes from Old English mete, from Proto-West Germanic mati, from Proto-Germanic matiz, from Proto-Germanic mōsą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

meteswamm (Old English): an edible mushroom

Definitions

  1. an edible mushroom

Ancestry of “meteswamm”, step by step

meteswamm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmetefood
2Proto-West Germanicmatifood
3Proto-Germanicmatizfood
4Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Old English swamm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
2Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōsą →Every word from Proto-Germanic matiz →