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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maþikô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *maþô.
Noun
*maþikô m[1]
- maggot, worm
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *maþikô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *maþikô | *maþikaniz | |
| vocative | *maþikô | *maþikaniz | |
| accusative | *maþikanų | *maþikanunz | |
| genitive | *maþikiniz | *maþikanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *maþikini | *maþikammaz | |
| instrumental | *maþikinē | *maþikammiz | |
Alternative reconstructions
- *maþkô[1]
- *maþikaz, *maþikaz[1]
Descendants
- Old Norse: *maðkr
- Westrobothnian: mærk
- Elfdalian: makk
- Gutnish: makk
- Scanian: maðk
- → Middle English: mathek, mauk, mawk, magot, magat
- English: maddock, mawk, maggot
- Scots: maggot, mak, mauch, mauk; matlo
- →? Finnish: matikka[1]
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN