*mōtō

Runic: ᛗᛟᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

Unknown. Pokorny derives this word from Proto-Indo-European *med- (‘to measure’), similar to *metaþs, *metaną, etc.

*mōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōt (Old English)
  - mot (Middle English)
    - mot (Yola)
*mōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *muoza (Old High German)
  - muoze (Middle High German)
    - Mueß (Bavarian)
𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta) (Gothic)
- mūta (Old High German)
  - mūta (Medieval Latin)
    - mute (Middle Dutch)
𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta) (Gothic)
- mūta (Old High German)
  - mūte (Middle High German)
    - Maut (German)
𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta) (Gothic)
- múta (Old Norse)
  - múta (Icelandic)
  - mute (Norwegian Nynorsk)
𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta) (Gothic)
- múta (Old Norse)
  - múta (Old Swedish)
    - muta (Swedish)
muita (Latvian)
mūita (Livonian)
*mytò (Proto-Slavic)