Where does “muoien” come from?

muoien (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mōjan, from Proto-Germanic mōjaną, from Proto-Indo-European meh₃- — to cause toil, be a burden; to exert.

Ancestry of “muoien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mōjanto tire
2Proto-GermanicmōjanąTo tire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₃-to cause toil, be a burden; to exert

Words derived from “muoien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mōjan →
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