Where does “maðkr” come from?

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

maðkr (Old Norse): maggot, grub, worm

Definitions

  1. maggot, grub, worm

Ancestry of “maðkr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
2Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “maðkr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz →