Where does “moeten” come from?

moeten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch muotan, from West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic mōtaną, from Proto-Indo-European mōd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

moeten (Middle Dutch): to have to, must, to be obliged to; to be allowed...

Definitions

  1. to have to, must, to be obliged to; to be allowed...

Ancestry of “moeten”, step by step

moeten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch muotan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmuotancan, to be able to; must, to have to
2West Germanic*mōtan—
3Proto-Germanicmōtanąto be allowed, to be permitted to, may
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmōd-to permit, make able
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Old Dutch muoten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmuoten—
2Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
3Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
4Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “moeten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mōd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtaną →