Where does “maþô” come from?

maþô (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

maþô (Proto-Germanic): maggot, worm

Definitions

  1. maggot, worm

Ancestry of “maþô”, step by step

maþô traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European mot-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

via Proto-Indo-European math-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmath-—

Words derived from “maþô”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →