Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “mothær” come from?

mothær (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Ancestry of “mothær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemóðirmother
2Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
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