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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōtu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōtō.

Noun

*mōtu f

  1. tribute, tax, toll

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *mōtu
Genitive *mōtā
Singular Plural
Nominative *mōtu *mōtō
Accusative *mōtā *mōtā
Genitive *mōtā *mōtō
Dative *mōtē *mōtōm, *mōtum
Instrumental *mōtu *mōtōm, *mōtum

Descendants
  • Old English: mōt
  • Old High German: *muoza
    • Middle High German: muoze
      • Bavarian: Mueß (“miller's fee”)
  • → Medieval Latin: mūta[1] [a. 837]
    • → Old Dutch: *mūta
      • Middle Dutch: mute
        • Dutch: muit (archaic)
    • → Old High German: *mūta, muta (alternatively borrowed from Gothic)
    • → Old Norse: múta

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Maut”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “nullum teloneum neque quod lingua theodisca Muta vocatur”
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