Proto-Germanic

*matiz

‘food’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *matiz.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *matiz, most familiar first.

• meat ← mete ← mete ← *mati
• mate ← gimato ← *gamatjô ← *matjô
• meatless ← meteles ← metelēas ← mete ← *mati
• amadou ← amadouer ← mata ← matur ← matr
• bakemeat ← bake mete ← mete ← mete ← *mati
• citymate ← gimato ← *gamatjô ← *matjô
• shelfmate ← gimato ← *gamatjô ← *matjô

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *matiz