Where does “mōtian” come from?

mōtian (Old Saxon) 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 Saxon): to meet

Definitions

  1. to meet

Ancestry of “mōtian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
2Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →