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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-—

Words derived from “moþþe”

  • moth
  • mothball
  • hawkmoth
  • Mothman
  • mothlike
  • mothy
  • silkmoth
  • budmoth
  • mothproof
  • mothwing
  • fishmoth
  • mothbally
  • bagmoth
  • moth-er
  • micromoth
  • mothproofer
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