Where does “Motte” come from?

Motte (German) comes from Middle Low German mutte.

Motte (German): moth, any nocturnal butterfly; moth, a member of...

Definitions

  1. moth, any nocturnal butterfly; moth, a member of...

Ancestry of “Motte”, step by step

Motte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German mutte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmutte

via Middle Low German motte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmotte
Every word from Middle Low German mutte