Where does “móðir” come from?

móðir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

móðir (Old Norse): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “móðir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “móðir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōdēr →