Where does “mathe” come from?

mathe (Scots) comes from Old English maþa, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

mathe (Scots): a grub, a maggot, an earthworm

Definitions

  1. a grub, a maggot, an earthworm

Ancestry of “mathe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmaþaworm; maggot
2Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Old English maþa →