maþa
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Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
maþa
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot-, used for insects and vermin.
Cognate with Old Saxon maðo (Dutch made (“maggot, worm”)), Old High German mado (German Made (“maggot”)), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa); Old Norse had the diminutive form maðkr (dialectal English mawk; compare also maddock). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Armenian մաթիլ (matʻil, “small louse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maþa m (nominative plural maþan)
Declension[edit]
Declension of maþa (weak)
Descendants[edit]
- Scots: mathe
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- Gothic non-lemma forms
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine n-stem nouns