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Where does “Mo” come from?

Mo (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German mago, from Proto-Germanic magô, from Proto-Indo-European mak- — bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch.

Mo (Luxembourgish): stomach

Definitions

  1. stomach

Ancestry of “Mo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmagostomach; poppy
2Proto-Germanicmagôstomach
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmak-bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch

Words derived from “Mo”

  • Moschwier
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mak- →