Where does “mudde” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mudde”, step by step

mudde traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch modde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmodde—
2Proto-Germanicmud-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

via Middle Low German mudde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmudde—
2Proto-Germanicmudra-mud

via Middle Dutch mod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmodmud

Words derived from “mudde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mud- →Every word from Middle Dutch modde →