Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mattijō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mattijô, from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

Noun

*mattijō m

mattock, hoe
cutting tool, chisel

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mattijō
Genitive	mattijini, mattijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mattijō	*mattijan
Accusative	*mattijan	*mattijan
Genitive	mattijini, mattijan	*mattijanō
Dative	mattijini, mattijan	*mattijum
Instrumental	mattijini, mattijan	*mattijum

Related terms

*mattuk

Descendants

Old High German: mezzo
→ Medieval Latin: maciō (conflated with Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”))
- Old French: maçon
  - Anglo-Norman: machun, masson
    - → Middle English: machun, masoun
      - English: mason
      - Scots: mason
→? Medieval Latin: matia, maca, macha, machia, macia, mascea, masia, maza, mazia, mazza
- Vulgar Latin: *mattea
  - Aromanian: matsã, mats
  - Italian: mazza
  - Old French: mace
    - → Middle English: mace
      - English: mace
  - Megleno-Romanian: matsi
  - Romanian: maț, mațe
  - Sicilian: mazza
  - Spanish: maza