Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōdēr
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), via the suffix-stressed variant *meh₂tḗr.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*mōdēr f
Inflection
[edit]singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *mōdēr | *mōdriz |
vocative | *mōder | *mōdriz |
accusative | *mōderų | *mōdrunz |
genitive | *mōdurz | *mōdrǫ̂ |
dative | *mōdri | *mōdrumaz |
instrumental | *mōdrē | *mōdrumiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *mōder
- Old English: mōdor, mōdur, mōder, mōddor
- Old Frisian: mōder
- Old Saxon: mōdar
- Old Dutch: muoder
- Old High German: muoter
- Middle High German: muoter
- Alemannic German: Mueter, Muetter, Mueder
- Bavarian: muatar, Muada, mueter, muiter
- Cimbrian: muatar, muutar (Sette Comuni)
- Central Franconian: Modder, Motter (most of Central Franconian, changed from the dialectical form under influence from German)
- East Central German:
- East Franconian: Motter
- German: Mutter, Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter
- Rhine Franconian: Modder, Mudder, Morrer, Murrer
- Frankfurterisch: [mud̥æ̆]
- Pennsylvania German: Mudder
- Yiddish: מוטער (muter)
- Middle High German: muoter
- Old Norse: móðir