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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *mattjō (“cutting tool”) +‎ *-uk.

Noun

*mattjuk m

1. mattock, ploughshare

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mattjuk
Genitive	*mattjukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mattjuk	*mattjukō, *mattjukōs
Accusative	*mattjuk	*mattjukā
Genitive	*mattjukas	*mattjukō
Dative	*mattjukē	*mattjukum
Instrumental	*mattjuku	*mattjukum

Alternative reconstructions

• *mattuk, *mattik, *mattīk

Descendants

• Old English: mettoc, meottoc, mattuc, mættoc, mattoc
  • Middle English: mattok, mattock, mattoke, mattokke
    • English: mattock
    • Yola: mattoke
• →? Vulgar Latin: *matteūca
  • Italian: mazzocca
  • Old French: maçugue, maçuge, maçüe
    • Middle French: massuë
      • French: massue
  • Romanian: măciucă
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: massuca
    • Portuguese: machuca
  • Venetian: mazuco
• →? Lithuanian: matikkas (“mattock”)
• →? Proto-Slavic: *motyka (“hoe”) (see there for further descendants)