Where does “mōt” come from?

mōt (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Ancestry of “mōt”, step by step

mōt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic mōtą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Proto-West Germanic *mōtu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mōtutribute, tax, toll
2Proto-Germanic*mōtōtax

Words derived from “mōt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →