Where does “mœta” come from?

mœta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mœta (Old Norse): to meet

Definitions

  1. to meet

Ancestry of “mœta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mœta”

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