mattock

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*met-“to cut, reap”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mattjuk“mattock, ploughshare”
3. Old English · inherited frommattuc
4. Middle English · inherited frommattok“mattock, pickaxe”
5. English todaymattock

From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettoc (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason.