Where does “Mot” come from?

Mot (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German mât, from Old Saxon māt, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Mot (Plautdietsch): magnitude

Definitions

  1. magnitude

Ancestry of “Mot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmât—
2Old Saxonmāt—
3Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
4Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mētō →Every word from Pali mātu →