Mutter

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German word Mutter comes from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr, and later Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (Mother.)

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*-tḗr (Proto-Indo-European)

Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action.

*mh₂tros (Proto-Indo-European)

*mōdēr (Proto-Germanic)

Mother.

muoter (Old High German)

Mother.

Mutter (German)

Mother.

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