muoter

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Old Saxon mōdar, Old Dutch muoder, Old Frisian mōder, Old English mōdor, Old Norse móðir.

Noun

muoter f

1. mother

Descendants

• Middle High German: muoter
  • Alemannic German: Mueter, Muetter, Mueder

    Walser: muater, möter

  • Bavarian: muatar, Muada, mueter, muiter

    Cimbrian: muatar, muutar

  • Central Franconian: Moder (obsolete)

    Hunsrik: Mutter, muter

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon: Muddor

  • German: Mutter, Muetter, Mueter
    • → Central Franconian: Motter
  • Luxembourgish: Mudder
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Mudder

  • Swabian: Muadr, Mudder, Muddr, Muadar, Muddar
  • Vilamovian: mütter
  • Yiddish: מוטער‎ (muter)