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

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
- Venetan: mazuco
→? Lithuanian: matikkas (“mattock”)
→? Proto-Slavic: *motyka (“hoe”) (see there for further descendants)