Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōder
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr.
Noun
*mōder f
Inflection
| R-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mōder | |
| Genitive | *mōdur | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mōder | *mōdar |
| Accusative | *mōdar | *mōdar |
| Genitive | *mōdur | *mōdrō |
| Dative | *mōdri | *mōdrum |
| Instrumental | *mōdri | *mōdrum |
Descendants
- 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:
- Upper Saxon German: Muddor
- Vilamovian: mütter
- 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