Where does “Mütterlein” come from?
Mütterlein (German) comes from German mutter, from Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter, from Old Frisian mōder, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Mütterlein (German): Diminutive of Mutter
Ancestry of “Mütterlein”, step by step