Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maþō

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 *maþô.

Noun

*maþō m[1]

worm

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maþō
Genitive	maþini, maþan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maþō	*maþan
Accusative	*maþan	*maþan
Genitive	maþini, maþan	*maþanō
Dative	maþini, maþan	*maþum
Instrumental	maþini, maþan	*maþum

Descendants

Old English: maþa
- Middle English: mathe
  - Scots: mathe, maith, maithe, meath, meith
  - English: mad, made
Old Saxon: matho
- Middle Low German: made
Old Dutch: *matho
- Middle Dutch: māde
  - Dutch: made
Old High German: mado
- Middle High German: made
  - German: Made
  - Luxembourgish: Mued

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *maþō”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *maþō”