*mōdēr

Runic: ᛗᛟᛞᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ðɛːr/

noun · feminine · r-stem

Meanings

mother

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (‘mother’), via the suffix-stressed variant *meh₂tḗr.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mōdēr	mōdriz
Acc.	mōderų	mōdrunz
Gen.	mōdurz	mōdrǫ̂
Dat.	mōdri	mōdrumaz
Inst.	mōdrē	mōdrumiz
Voc.	mōder	mōdriz

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Descendants

*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoder (Old Dutch)
  - moeder (Middle Dutch)
    - moder (Limburgish)
    - moeder (Zealandic)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoder (Old Dutch)
  - moeder (Middle Dutch)
    - moeder, moer (Dutch)
      - moeder (Afrikaans)
      - muder, moeder (Negerhollands)
      - moer (Papiamentu)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōdor, mōdur, mōder, mōddor (Old English)
  - moder (Middle English)
    - mither, medder, midder, moder, moeder, mideer, mother (Scots)
    - moodher, moother, moothar (Yola)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōdor, mōdur, mōder, mōddor (Old English)
  - moder (Middle English)
    - mother, mither (English)
      - motha (Australian Kriol)
      - マザー (mazā) (Japanese)
      - 마더 (madeo) (Korean)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōder (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Múur, Mour, Mouer (Saterland Frisian)
  - moer (West Frisian)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - Motter (East Franconian)
    - מוטער (muter) (Yiddish)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - Mueter, Muetter, Mueder (Alemannic German)
      - Muadr, Mudder, Muddr, Muadar, Muddar (Swabian)
      - muater, möter (Walser)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - muatar, Muada, mueter, muiter (Bavarian)
      - muatar, muutar (Cimbrian)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - Modder, Motter (Central Franconian)
      - Mutter (Hunsrik)
      - Mudder (Luxembourgish)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - ? (East Central German)
      - Muddor (Upper Saxon German)
      - mütter (Vilamovian)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - Mutter, Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter (German)
      - Motter (Central Franconian)
      - muttern (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoter (Old High German)
  - muoter (Middle High German)
    - Modder, Mudder, Morrer, Murrer (Rhine Franconian)
      - Mudder (Pennsylvania German)
*mōder (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōdar (Old Saxon)
  - mōder (Middle Low German)
    - Moder, Moor (Low German)
móðir (Old Norse)
- móðir (Faroese)
- mor, moder (Gutnish)
- móðir (Icelandic)
- mor, moder (Norwegian)
- moðer (Scanian)
móðir (Old Norse)
- mothær (Old Danish)
  - mor, moder (Danish)
móðir (Old Norse)
- mōþir (Old Swedish)
  - moder, mor (Swedish)

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