muoder

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

muoder f

1. mother

   Miner muoder kind vuchtan wither mer. ― My mother's children fought with me.

Inflection

Declension of muoder (r-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	muoder	muoder
accusative	muoder	muoder
genitive	muoder	muodero
dative	muoder	muoderon

Derived terms

• muoderlīk

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: moeder
  • Dutch: moeder, (dated) moeders, ⇒ moer
    • Afrikaans: moeder
    • Negerhollands: muder, moeder
    • → Papiamentu: moer (dated)
  • Limburgish: moder
  • Zealandic: moeder

Further reading

• “muoder”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012