Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mut-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*mut- f

1. moth

Descendants

• Old English: moþþe
  • Middle English: mothe
    • English: moth
• Old Frisian: *motte
  • Saterland Frisian: Motte
  • West Frisian: mot
• Old Saxon: *mutte
  • Middle Low German: mutte, motte
    • Plautdietsch: Mott
    • → German: Motte
    • → Luxembourgish: Matt
• Old Dutch: *mutte
  • Middle Dutch: motte
    • Dutch: mot
      • Afrikaans: mot
    • Limburgish: mot
• Old Norse: motti