Where does “*motta” come from?
*motta (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.
Ancestry of “*motta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | mutô | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mut- | dark, dirty |