Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *máɵō(n), -ēn; *múɵɵōn, *máɵɵō; *máɵVka-z

Meaning: moth

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: maɵa m. (n) `worm'

Old Norse: motti m. `Motte'; maδk-r m. `Made'

Norwegian: mott `Motte, Milbe'; makk

Old Swedish: maɵker, madk, matk

Swedish: mott `Motte, Milbe'; dial. makk, mark

Old Danish: madk

Old English: moɵɵe, -an f. `moth'; maɵu, -e f. `bug, maggot (?)', maɵa, -an n. `grub, worm, maggot'

Middle English: mathek, maddock

English: moth

Old Saxon: matho

Middle Dutch: made; motte` mutte

Dutch: made f. `made, wormpje'; mot f.

Middle Low German: māde `Made'; maddik, meddik, moddik `regenworm'; mutte, motte `Motte'

Old High German: mado (9./10. Jhd.) `Made'

Middle High German: made wk. m. 'made, wurm; unentwickelte leibesfrucht'; [ mott, mothe, mut(te), matt(e) < MLG ]

German: [ Motte f. (frühnhd. mott, mothe) < LG ]; Made f.

Comments: NGerm *maɵōn > Fin, Lapp mato, Est madu `worm'

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *mat- (-th-), -d-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: moth, butterfly, caterpillar

Old Indian: {mathuṇa- m. Wanze }

Avestan: maδaxa- m., maδaxā f. 'Heuschrecke'

Armenian: mathil `louse'

Slavic: *motɨ̄lь, *metɨ̄lь, *metъlь и т. п. `бабочка'

Germanic: *máɵ-ō(n-) f., -an- m.; *múɵɵ-ōn- f., *máɵɵ-ō f.; *máɵ-Vk-a- m.

Russ. meaning: насекомое (гусеница, бабочка)

References: WP II 228

Vasmer's dictionary :

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1223

Root: math-1 oder moth-

English meaning: a k. of harmful insect

German meaning: in Worten für nagendes, beißendes Gewürm oder Ungeziefer??

Material: Arm. mat`il `Laus'; got. maþa, m. ahd. mado, ags. maða `Wurm, Made', aisl. maþkr ds., aschwed.matk, finn. Lw. matikka `Würmchen'.

References: WP. II 228, H. Petersson z. Kenntnis der Heterokl. 32 f.

Pages: 700

PIE database: PIE database

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *mVṭV

Meaning: worm

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *mot-

Kartvelian: *maṭl- ?

References: МССНЯ 1, 372, ОСНЯ 2, 77; ND 1508 *m[ay]ṭV 'worm, larva, small insect' (IE, Kartv + incorr. Turk.).

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *ṭl-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: портиться; червь, личинка

English meaning: to spil; worm, maggot

Georgian: ṭl-; ma-ṭl-

Megrel: munṭur-

Svan: mǝṭ

Laz: munṭ(u)r-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 129 (*maṭl-), EWK 332-333. Картв. *maṭl- сближалось Климовым (1969, 290) с ПЗК *(a)mAṭA 'змея' (согласно NCED 290 < ПСК *bēmṭV, этимологически связанного с *ɦwVmṭV 'красный'), а Иллич-Свитычем (МССHЯ 372) - с ПИЕ *m[o]t- 'червь, моль'. Признание производного характера *maṭl- от глагольной основы *ṭl-, однако, ставит все эти сближения под сомнение.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : worm

Eurasiatic : *mVṭV

Afroasiatic : *mVṭ- 'worm' (Chad., Cush.)

Sino-Caucasian : *ɦwe(m)ṭi (? = *ɦwVmṭV 'red'?)

Austric : *mVt

Amerind (misc.) : *mete 'snake; worm' (R 665)

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwe(m)ṭi

Meaning: worm, leech

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwe(m)ṭi

Sino-Tibetan: *wăt

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦwe(m)ṭi

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of worm

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *HuṭV

Proto-Tsezian: *ħãṭolV B

Proto-Lak: jaIṭi

Proto-Dargwa: *ħit:u- (~ -d-)

Proto-Lezghian: *ħʷä(m)ṭV-rVj (~-i-)

Proto-West Caucasian: *dǝwa

Notes: Despite certain problems (metathesis in PWC; deglottalisation in PD), the etymology seems both phonetically and semantically probable. Medial *-m- is reconstructed only on basis of the PTs nasalisation, and thus is not very certain. See also *ɦwVmṭV 'red'.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *HuṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: worm; plant-louse; silkworm

Avar: ħuṭ

Comments: Av. paradigm B or C (gen. ħuṭó-l).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ħãṭolV B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 worm, helminth 2 snail

Inkhokvari: ãṭeru 2

Bezhta: haṭola 1

Lak etymology :

Lak root: jaIṭi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: worm, larva

Lak form: jaIṭi

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ħit:u- (~ -d-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leech

Akusha: ħidu-žan

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ħʷä(m)ṭV-rVj (~-i-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leech

Tabasaran: wič̣ri

Comment: Tab. wič̣ri < *hʷiṭiri, as seen from the more archaic Düb. form hüṭür / hüṭer 'leech'. The root is attested only in Tab., but has reliable external parallels.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *dǝwa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leech

Adyghe: dǝwa

Kabardian: psǝ-dǝwa

Ubykh: dǝwá

Comments: PAK *dǝwá. Shagirov's etymology (*dǝ 'vein' /see *t:a, not attested in AK; we would rather expect PAK *t:a/ + *wa 'to beat'; see Shagirov 1, 157) seems hardly plausible. Therefore, the Ub. word may be regarded as genetically related to PAK *dǝwá (there are no phonetic contradictions for postulating a common WC sourceform).

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leech

Tibetan: sriŋ-bu-pad-ma leech (sriŋ-bu insect, worm).

Burmese: kjwat leech, LB *kr-watx.

Kachin: wot² leech.

Lushai: vaŋ-vat a land-leech, KC *t-r-wat (also *m-pāt ?).

Lepcha: kă-hom-fót very small sp. of leech

Kiranti: *bhét ( / *bhén )

Comments: PG *tipìt (~ -è-) land leech; Angami reva; Mikir iŋphat; Nung dǝ-phat; BG: Garo ru'at, Dimasa ro-ma; Moshang tă-wat; Kham pǝtī; Miri tǝpat; Digaro kǝpe; Karen: Taungthu tǝwaʔ, Pwo waʔ~ɵǝwaʔ, Sgaw ɵuʔ (Ben. 132; but ibid. p.138 - Sgaw waʔ), Palaychi lǝro land leech. Sh. 43, 201, 410, 430; Ben. 24, 103, 132, 138; Mat. 203.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *bhét ( / *bhén )

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: leech, snake

Sunwar: -phe in 'jāk-phe land leech

Tulung: -pon in dokpon red leech ( = K dhokphej)

Kaling: 'bhej snake, dhok-phej red leech, lok-pej black leech

Limbu: -pet in lākpet leech (= K lok-pej)

Dumi: bhī

Comments: Cf. also T bi-ḍa leech (?)

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: lakphɛʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the leech of the wet season, lurking on vegetation and in ponds, groping about blindly in search of a host to whom it can latch onto and occasionally standing upright inchworm-like on its posterior extremity

Comments: cf. lup.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: bhi:

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: snake, serpent

Nepali: sarpa.

Austric etymology :

Proto-Austric: *mVtV

Meaning: weevil

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *mɔ:t

Austroasiatic meaning: wood borer

Proto-Austronesian: *wati ?

Austronesian meaning: earthworm

Proto-Thai: mo:t weevil ZT21

Austro-Asiatic etymology :

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *mɔ:t

Meaning: wood borer

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Thai: mo:t weevil ZT21

Proto-Bahnaric: *mɔ:t

Khmer: khmu:t V?

Proto-Monic: M gamit E?

Proto-Palaungic: *mVt

Proto-Khmu: *mɔ:t

Bahnar etymology :

Proto-Bahnaric: *mɔ:t

Meaning: weevil

Presyllable: kǝ-

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Bahnar: kǝmɔ:t

Bahnar meaning: type of termite

Proto-North Bahnaric: LOAN

Proto-West Bahnaric: *mɔ:t, kǝ- V?

Proto-Northwest-Bahnaric: *mɔ:t, kǝ-

Harak: kamɔ:t

References: TB2.66

North Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-Bahnaric: LOAN

Meaning: ant, woodborer

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Jeh form: mut.T

Jeh meaning: ant

Sedang form: kǝmu.T

Sedang meaning: termite, woodborer

West Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-West- Bahnaric: *mɔ:t, kǝ-

Meaning: weevil

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Jaru form: kamɔ:t

Lavi: kamɔ:t

North-West Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-West- Bahnaric: *mɔ:t, kǝ-

Meaning: weevil

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Tariang: kamɔ:t

Kaseng: ŋkɔ:t I?

Harak etymology :

Proto-Harak: *mɔ:t, kǝ-

Meaning: weevil

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Harak: kamɔ:t

Khmer etymology :

Khmer: khmu:t

Meaning: weevil or wood-borer

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Viet-Muong etymology :

Proto-Viet-Muong: *mɔ:c

Meaning: wood borer

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Vietnamese: mọt

Vietnamese meaning: wood borer

Muong dialect: mɔc.5

Arem: mo:t.B

Proto-Ruc: ??

Ruc (Lo'i's rec.): mu:c.3; ti:.3 mǝʌt.4 bed-bug NVL136

Ruc (Ferlus' rec.): moɔc.6

Ruc meaning: wood borer

Thavung-So: kamu:t.1

Thavung-So meaning: cricket

Notes: F-97: *mɔ:c

References: NTF67, NVL150; TC39

Palaung-Wa etymology :

Proto-Palaung-Wa: *mVt, ʔ-

Meaning: moth

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-Wa: *mɔ:t, ʔ-

Proto-Plang: **ʔmuʔ ????

Proto-De'ang: *mA:t

Proto-Angku: *mVt

Wa etymology :

Proto-Wa:

Meaning: moth

Palaung-Wa etymology: Palaung-Wa etymology

Paraok: mɔt

Paraok meaning: moth; borer

Wa: bɔt. ʔa-

Wa meaning: moth

Ava: muat, ka-

De'ang etymology :

Proto-De'ang: *mɔt

Meaning: moth

Palaung-Wa etymology: Palaung-Wa etymology

De'ang: ka mât

De'ang-1: mɔt

De'ang-2: ka mât.2

Angku etymology :

Proto-Angku: *mVt

Meaning: moth

Palaung-Wa etymology: Palaung-Wa etymology

Pangpin: muat.51, ʔaʔ-

Gantang: mɔt.33

Hu: mut.1, ʔa- mosquito

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