Where does “motanfall” come from?

motanfall (Swedish) comes from Swedish mot, from Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

motanfall (Swedish): counter-attack

Definitions

  1. counter-attack

Ancestry of “motanfall”, step by step

motanfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmotinterchange; a large junction where two or more...
2Old Norsemótmeeting; town-meeting; joint, juncture
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Swedish anfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishanfallattack
2Old Swedishanfal—
3Middle Low GermananvalAlternative form of aneval
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →