The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-West Germanic*ga-
- Old Englishġe-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*moyth₂-éye-ti
- Proto-Germanic*maidijaną
- Old English*mǣdan
- Old Englishġemǣdan, ġemǣded
- Middle Englishmad
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Middle Englishmad-man
- English todaymadman
Inherited from Middle English mad-man. By surface analysis, mad + -man.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.