muoter

Middle High German

Etymology

    From Old High German muoter, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmʊɔ̯tər/

    Noun

    muoter f

    1. mother

    Usage notes

    The old consonant stems and tohter remain uninflected in the singular. In the plural they have umlaut: müeter, töhter.

    Declension

    Declension of muoter (strong feminine in -r)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein diu muoter die müeter
    genitive einer dër muoter dër müeter
    dative einer dër muoter dën müetern
    accusative eine die muoter die müeter

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Mueter, Muetter, Mueder
    • Bavarian: muatar, Muada, mueter, muiter
    • 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)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “muoter”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "muoter" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Old High German

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

      Compare Old Saxon mōdar, Old Dutch muoder, Old Frisian mōder, Old English mōdor, Old Norse móðir.

      Noun

      muoter f

      1. mother

      Declension

      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

      References

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