Where does “moþþe” come from?

moþþe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic moþþā, from Proto-Germanic muþþǭ, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

moþþe (Old English): moth

Definitions

  1. moth

Ancestry of “moþþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmoþþāmoth
2Proto-Germanicmuþþǭmoth
3Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot-Every word from Proto-Germanic maþôEvery word from Proto-Germanic muþþǭ