Where does “*mād” come from?

*mād (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic mēþą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

Ancestry of “*mād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēþąa mowing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “*mād”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēþą →
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