Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “modde” come from?

modde (Middle Low German) 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”

  • modern
  • Moder
  • Modernisierung
  • modrig
  • modernisieren
  • hochmodern
  • moder
  • modernebb
  • modernizál
  • modern
  • legmodernebb
  • moder
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