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

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

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