Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small particle; a speck.
From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), from Proto-West Germanic *mot (“grain of dirt or sand, speck”). Perhaps linked to English mud. Compare West Frisian mot (“peat dust”), Dutch mot (“dust from turf; sawdust; grit”), Low German mut (“peat dust, grit”), Norwegian mutt (“speck; mote; splinter; chip”), Italian mota (“mud”), Spanish mota (“speck”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmotenm
- Inherited-form mentionmotang · grain of sand; mote; atom
- Inherited-form mention*motgmw-pro · grain of dirt or sand, speck
- Cognate mentionmuden
- Cognate mentionmotfy · peat dust
- Cognate mentionmotnl · dust from turf; sawdust; grit
- Cognate mentionmutnds · peat dust, grit
- Cognate mentionmuttno · speck; mote; splinter; chip
- Cognate mentionmotait · mud
- Cognate mentionmotaes · speck
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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