Where does “motteley” come from?

motteley (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old English mōt, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

motteley (Anglo-Norman): parti-colored

Definitions

  1. parti-colored

Ancestry of “motteley”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōt—
2Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “motteley”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Old English mōt →