*mōdaz

Runic: ᛗᛟᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ðɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

mind, sense
zeal, boldness, courage
anger

Etymology

Appears to derive from a Proto-Indo-European *mō-tó-s, a lengthened grade nominal formation from a root *meh₁- (‘to endeavor; will, temper’), which may be a semantic extension of *meh₁- in the usual "to measure" sense. Perhaps cognate with Latin mōs (‘will, humor, wont, inclination, mood’), Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti (‘to dare, venture, make bold’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mōdaz	mōdōz, mōdōs
Acc.	mōdą	mōdanz
Gen.	mōdas, mōdis	mōdǫ̂
Dat.	mōdai	mōdamaz
Inst.	mōdō	mōdamiz
Voc.	mōd	mōdōz, mōdōs

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Descendants

*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- muot (Old Dutch)
  - moet (Middle Dutch)
    - moed (Dutch)
      - moed (Afrikaans)
*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōd (Old English)
  - mod, mode, mood (Middle English)
    - mood (English)
    - mude, muid (Scots)
*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōd (Old Frisian)
  - Moud (Saterland Frisian)
  - moed (West Frisian)
*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōt, moat, muot (Old High German)
  - muot (Middle High German)
    - Muth, Mut (German)
    - Mutt (Luxembourgish)
    - מוט (mut) (Yiddish)
*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōd (Old Saxon)
  - môt, moit, mout, mût (Middle Low German)
    - Moot (Plautdietsch)
*mōd (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōd (Old Saxon)
  - môt, moit, mout, mût (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Low German)
      - Mood, Mōt, Mūt (German Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)
móðr (Old Norse)
- móður (Faroese)
- mod (Gutnish)
- móður (Icelandic)
- mud, mød, mø (Norn)
- mot (Norwegian Nynorsk)
móðr (Old Norse)
- mod (Danish)
  - mod (Norwegian Bokmål)
móðr (Old Norse)
- mōþ (Old Swedish)
  - mod (Swedish)
? (East Germanic)
- 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs) (Gothic)
- *muths (Vandalic)

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