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Where does “alenemor” come from?

alenemor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mør, from Norwegian Bokmål moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

alenemor (Norwegian Bokmål): a single mother

Definitions

  1. a single mother

Ancestry of “alenemor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmørtender
2Norwegian Bokmålmodersynonym of mor
3Old Norsemóðirmother
4Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →