Where does “mōtian” come from?

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

mōtian (Old English): to speak, converse, discuss

Definitions

  1. to speak, converse, discuss

Ancestry of “mōtian”, step by step

mōtian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mōtijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
2Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Old English mōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōt—
2Proto-West Germanic*mōtutribute, tax, toll
3Proto-Germanic*mōtōtax

Words derived from “mōtian”

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