Where does “matar” come from?

matar (Swedish) comes from Finnish matara, from Proto-Finnic matara, from Proto-Germanic madarǭ, from Proto-Indo-European modʰro-.

Definitions

Ancestry of “matar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatarabedstraw
2Proto-Finnicmatarabedstraw plant of the genus
3Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European modʰro- →