Where does “*mot” come from?
*mot (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.
Ancestry of “*mot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *motta | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | mutô | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mut- | dark, dirty |