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Where does “mōder” come from?
mōder (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Ancestry of “mōder”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
mōdēr
mother
2
Proto-Indo-European
méh₂tēr
mother
Words derived from “mōder”
mother
mug
godmother
motherland
motherboard
motherfucker
muggy
mither
mugging
chug
mothered
Masefield
mugger
motherfucking
mothership
housemother
motherese
muthafucka
Muggle
motherhouse
foremother
mutha
motherwort
gammer
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