*maþô

Runic: ᛗᚨᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.θɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

maggot, worm
moth

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mat-ḗn ~ *mat-nés, from *mat- (‘insect, worm, maggot’), possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Compare Proto-Slavic *motyľь (‘butterfly’), Sanskrit मत्कुण (matkuṇa) (matkuṇa, ‘bug’). Possibly also related to Proto-Finnic *mato (‘worm’) (akin to Proto-Samic *muocē), in which case it would be a borrowing in either direction (although seeing as the Finnic term has a convincing Indo-Iranian etymology, a borrowing from Finnic into Germanic appears more likely).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	maþô	maþaniz
Acc.	maþanų	muttunz
Gen.	muttaz	muttǫ̂
Dat.	madini	madummaz
Inst.	muttē	madummiz
Voc.	maþô	maþaniz

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Descendants

*maþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *matho (Old Dutch)
  - māde (Middle Dutch)
    - made (Dutch)
*maþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- maþa (Old English)
  - mathe (Middle English)
    - mad, made (English)
    - mathe, maith, maithe, meath, meith (Scots)
*maþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- mado (Old High German)
  - made (Middle High German)
    - Made (German)
    - Mued (Luxembourgish)
*maþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- matho (Old Saxon)
  - made (Middle Low German)
*moþþā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *moththa (Old Dutch)
  - motte (Middle Dutch)
    - mot (Dutch)
      - mot (Negerhollands)
      - mot (Papiamentu)
*moþþā (Proto-West Germanic)
- moþþe (Old English)
  - mothe (Middle English)
    - moth (English)
    - moch (Scots)
*moþþā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *motta (Old Saxon)
  - motte (Middle Low German)
    - Motte (German)
    - Mutten, Motten (Low German)
𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa) (Gothic)

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