Where does “mattukaz” come from?

mattukaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mat- — worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

mattukaz (Proto-Germanic): mattock, ploughshare

Definitions

  1. mattock, ploughshare

Ancestry of “mattukaz”, step by step

mattukaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European mat-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmat-worm, grub, caterpillar, moth; insect, worm,...

via Proto-Indo-European matn-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmatn-

Words derived from “mattukaz

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mat-