Where does “Meute” come from?

Meute (German) comes from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French muete, from Latin movita, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

Meute (German): a pack of animals, especially hunting dogs; a...

Definitions

  1. a pack of animals, especially hunting dogs; a...

Ancestry of “Meute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeutepack; mob
2Middle Frenchmeute—
3Old Frenchmuete—
4Latinmovitamotion
5Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
6Proto-Italicmoweōto move
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveō →