Where does “modde” come from?

modde (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic mud-, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

Ancestry of “modde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmud-
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “modde

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū-