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Where does “mōtijaną” come from?

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

mōtijaną (Proto-Germanic): to meet, encounter

Definitions

  1. to meet, encounter

Ancestry of “mōtijaną”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mōtijaną”

  • met
  • meet
  • meeting
  • meetings
  • unmet
  • mete
  • meetinghouse
  • meetness
  • meetest
  • meeteth
  • meeter
  • meetly
  • meetcha
  • premeeting
  • meteth
  • postmeeting
  • metest
  • metely
  • meeten
  • metage
  • undermet
  • unmeetable
  • meteyard
  • remeet
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