Where does “mettac” come from?

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

mettac (Old English): mattock, fork, trident

Definitions

  1. mattock, fork, trident

Ancestry of “mettac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmattukazmattock, ploughshare
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmat-worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mat- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mattukaz →