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 13^th CE) /ˈmuə̯tər/

Noun

muoter f

1. mother

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of muoter (feminine, class 2 strong)

	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
  • Swabian: Muadr, Mudder, Muddr, Muadar, Muddar
  • Walser: muater, möter
• 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)
  • Hunsrik: Mutter
  • Luxembourgish: Mudder
• East Central German:
  • Upper Saxon German: Muddor
  • Vilamovian: mütter
• East Franconian: Motter
• German: Mutter, Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter
  • → Central Franconian: Motter
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: muttern
• 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

• Middle High German: muoter
  • Alemannic German: Mueter, Muetter, Mueder
    • Swabian: Muadr, Mudder, Muddr, Muadar, Muddar
    • Walser: muater, möter
  • 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)
    • Hunsrik: Mutter
    • Luxembourgish: Mudder
  • East Central German:
    • Upper Saxon German: Muddor
    • Vilamovian: mütter
  • East Franconian: Motter
  • German: Mutter, Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter
    • → Central Franconian: Motter
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: muttern
  • Rhine Franconian: Modder, Mudder, Morrer, Murrer
    • Frankfurterisch: [mud̥æ̆]
    • Pennsylvania German: Mudder
  • Yiddish: מוטער (muter)

References

• "muoter" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)