Etymograph

English

Moder

Moder comes from German Moder ‘moldiness’, from Middle High German moder ‘mold, swamp’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *múHtrom ‘excrement, urine’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHtrom‘excrement, urine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*muþraz‘dreg’reconstructed
  3. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600modder
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350moder‘mold, swamp’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentModer‘moldiness’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*múHtrom‘excrement, urine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*muþraz‘dreg’reconstructed
  3. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600modder
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350moder‘mold, swamp’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentModer‘moldiness’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *múHtrom

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *múHtrom / Moder

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