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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maþô
Proto-Germanic
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, “bug”). Possibly also related to Proto-Finnic *mato (“worm”), in which case it would be a borrowing in either direction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.θɔːː/
Noun
*maþô m[1]
- maggot, worm
- Synonyms: *snakô, *wurmiz
Inflection
Kroonen states that this term is an amphikinetically inflecting an-stem with Kluge's Law consonant alternations.
masculine an-stemDeclension of *maþô (masculine an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *maþô | *maþaniz | |
vocative | *maþô | *maþaniz | |
accusative | *maþanų | *muttunz | |
genitive | *muttaz | *muttǫ̂ | |
dative | *madini | *madummiz | |
instrumental | *muttē | *muttamiz |
Derived terms
- *maþikô
- *muþþǭ
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *maþō
- Old English: maþa
- Middle English: mathe
- Scots: mathe, maith, maithe, meath, meith
- English: mad, made
- Middle English: mathe
- Old Saxon: matho
- Middle Low German: made
- Old Dutch: *matho
- Middle Dutch: māde
- Dutch: made
- Middle Dutch: māde
- Old High German: mado
- Middle High German: made
- German: Made
- Luxembourgish: Mued
- Middle High German: made
- Old English: maþa
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 218-219