Where does “maðkfullr” come from?

maðkfullr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

maðkfullr (Old Norse): full of maggots

Definitions

  1. full of maggots

Ancestry of “maðkfullr”, step by step

maðkfullr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse maðkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
2Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
3Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

via Old Norse fullr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefullrfull
2Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz →