Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mattā

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

Borrowed from Latin matta (“mat”).

Noun

*mattā f

1. mat, mattress

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mattā
Genitive	*mattōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mattā	*mattōn
Accusative	*mattōn	*mattōn
Genitive	*mattōn	*mattōnō
Dative	*mattōn	*mattōm, *mattum
Instrumental	*mattōn	*mattōm, *mattum

Descendants

• Old English: meatte, matte, meatta, meatt, matt
  • Middle English: matte, mat
    • English: mat (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: mat
• Old Saxon: *matta
  • Middle Low German: matte, mat
    • → Danish: måtte
      • → Faroese: motta
      • → Icelandic: motta
    • → Norwegian: matte
    • → Old Swedish: matta
      • Swedish: matta (see there for further descendants)
• Old Dutch: *matta
  • Middle Dutch: matte
    • Dutch: mat (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: matta
  • Middle High German: matte, mate, matze
    • German: Matte
    • → Polish: mata