Proto-Germanic
*mōdēr
‘mother’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *mōdēr.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, most familiar first.
- mother ← moder ← mōdor ← *mōder
- motherhood ← moderhede ← moder ← mōdor ← *mōder
- motherless ← moderles ← mōdorlēas ← *mōdērlausaz
- mothered ← mother ← moder ← mōdor ← *mōder
- mither ← muther ← mōdor ← *mōder
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *mōdēr