madden

madden · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Germanic*ga-
4. Proto-West Germanic*ga-
5. Old Englishġe-
6. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
7. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
8. Proto-Indo-European*moyth₂-éye-ti
9. Proto-Germanic*maidijaną
10. Old English*mǣdan
11. Old Englishġemǣdan, ġemǣded
12. Middle Englishmad
13. Middle Englishmadden
14. English todaymadden

Inherited from Middle English madden. By surface analysis, mad + -en.

Madden · proper noun²

1. Irish · derived fromÓ Madadháin“descendant of Madadhán”
2. English todayMadden

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).

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