mawk
English
/mɔːk/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) a maggot
- (UK) a slattern
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mawk derived from Old Norse maðkr (maggot) derived from Proto-Germanic *maþô (worm, maggot) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (mattock, hoe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mat-
Gloss
mattock, hoe
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mawkish English
- mawkishly English
- mawkishness English
- mawky English
- unmawkish English
- *mat- Proto-Indo-European
- *math- Proto-Indo-European
- *mot- Proto-Indo-European
- mark Norwegian Bokmål
- *matją Proto-Germanic
- *maþukaz Proto-Germanic
- *maþô Proto-Germanic
- daggmask Swedish
- mask Swedish
- maskera Swedish
- maskmedel Swedish
- maskpalmmård Swedish
- maskros Swedish
- masktörnskata Swedish
- maskäten Swedish
- mark Norwegian Nynorsk
- maþa Old English
- maþu Old English
- maddok Middle English
- magot Middle English
- mawk Middle English
- maðkfullr Old Norse
- maðkr Old Norse
- maðkur Icelandic
- mado Old High German
- maðkur Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- *matho Old Dutch
- maþker Old Swedish
- mark Westrobothnian
- mathe Scots
- mathk Old Danish
- maðk Scanian