Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. · Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo hunt for moths.
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *mat- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *matḗn Proto-Germanic *maþôder. Proto-West Germanic *moþþā Old English moþþe Middle English mothe English moth From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa, from Proto-West Germanic *moþþā, from Proto-Germanic *maþô ~ *muttaz (“insect, worm, maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmoth,moththe,motthe,moght,mohþe,mouȝteenm
- Inherited-form mentionmoþþe,mohþe,mohþaang
- Inherited-form mention*moþþāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*maþôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*mutn-,*mut-ine-pro · worm
- Cognate mentionMottestq · moth
- Cognate mentionmotfy · moth
- Cognate mentionmotnl · moth
- Cognate mentionMottede · moth
- Cognate mentionmottsv · moth
- Cognate mentionmottnn · moth
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