Where does “motejar” come from?

motejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan mota, from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.

motejar (Catalan): to call names; to nickname

Definitions

  1. to call names; to nickname

Ancestry of “motejar”, step by step

motejar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan mota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmotamound, hillock
2Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
3Frankish*mot—
4Proto-Germanic*motta—
5Proto-Germanicmutô—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty

via Catalan mot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmotword
2Late Latinmuttumsound; A mutter, a grunt
3Latinmuttirepresent active infinitive of muttiō; mutter, make...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- →