Where does “įmotė” come from?

įmotė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian motė, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

įmotė (Lithuanian): stepmother

Definitions

  1. stepmother

Ancestry of “įmotė”, step by step

įmotė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian motė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmotėmother
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Lithuanian į

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianįto, into, toward
2Proto-Balto-Slavicin—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Lithuanian motė →