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Added by an anon contributor, the -e looks wrong for a feminine noun in Lithuanian. --EncycloPetey 21:26, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Added "Attention lt" DCDuring TALK 19:24, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Also old rfv for English verb sense. See mote#Etymology 3. DCDuring TALK 19:50, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Clocked out DCDuring TALK 19:17, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Lithuanian: RFV failed, language section removed. (The correct spelling is motė, apparently.)

English: RFV failed, verb section removed, together with corresponding etymology.

—Ruakh_TALK 22:03, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

Compare Spanish MATAR[4] to kill) that has been assimilated to Latin MACTARE (slaughter)[3], and Finnish MADAD[4] (to cut); both (if the former is of ancient antiquity) possibly of Punic origin[2], that is, the Spanish and Finnish lexemes, (if the latter word be borrowed), otherwise of Uralian origin[2]. Compare also Spanish MOTA[6], (small knot in fabric); Dutch MOT[6], (dust, sweepings)[6], and East Frisian MUT[6], (grit): all from the root of mattock (please see its Talk Page), {possibly akin to Basque MOTZ (short, cut, cut-off)[4] and MOZTE (clipping, cutting, shearing)[4] from MOZTU[7] (to cut, trim, shave, et cetera) Andrew H. Gray 09:39, 22 January 2019 (UTC) Andrew (talk)}; ultimately from √*MADA-[7], (to cut). Andrew H. Gray 10:04, 19 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

The English mud is quite unrelated to mote. Andrew H. Gray 07:33, 30 September 2017 (UTC)Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods. √ means original or earliest root.

• Proto-Germanic *maitaną is shown as closely related to *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”), and *maitaną is listed as the ancestor of modern English mad. Modern English mote is traced to Old English mot (“grain of sand”). The yawning semantic gap between mad and grain of sand suggests that *maitaną is either 1) not related to Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”) and not related to modern mad, or 2) not related to Old English mot and not related to modern English mote. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 16:15, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Etymology Logic

What you cite is of vital importance - my prior mistake showed that I should not have edited such a comparison that would have been totally illogical. I do not understand why I was so incourteous as not to have replied promptly at the time; therefore my due apologies! Andrew H. Gray 14:20, 23 August 2016 (UTC) Andrew (talk)