Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mattjuk

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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *matn-, *mat- (“hoe, pickaxe”). Cognate with Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑt.tu.kɑz/

Noun

*mattjuk m

1. mattock, ploughshare

Related terms

• *mattijô ( > Old High German *mezzo > Middle High German metze, metz)

Derived terms

• Old English: mattuc, mattoc, mættoc, meottoc, mettac
  • Middle English: mattok
    • Scots: matok
    • English: mattock