Where does “macecle” come from?

macecle (Old French) comes from Latin mazacrium, from German matskelen, from German matsken, from Proto-Germanic maitaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

macecle (Old French): slaughterhouse, butchery

Definitions

  1. slaughterhouse, butchery

Ancestry of “macecle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmazacriummassacre, slaughter, killing; the head of a newly...
2Germanmatskelen—
3Germanmatsken—
4Proto-Germanicmaitanąto cut, hew; to cut off, sever
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maitaną →Every word from German matsken →