Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maþô

Etymology
From, from , possibly borrowed from a language. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Possibly also related to (akin to ), in which case it would be a borrowing in either direction (although seeing as the Finnic term has a convincing Indo-Iranian etymology, a borrowing from Finnic into Germanic appears more likely).

Noun

 * 1)  maggot, worm
 * 2)  moth
 * 1)  moth

Inflection
Kroonen states that this term is an amphikinetically inflecting an-stem with consonant alternations.