Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “(s)mut-”

61 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — including moat, mot, mote, motet, moated, motte, mott, moted.

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English (24)

French (12)

Spanish (3)

Old French (2)

Mauritian Creole (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Catalan (2)

Finnish (2)

Romanian (2)

Antillean Creole (1)

Réunion Creole French (1)

Middle French (1)

Dutch (1)

Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Frankish (1)