moeye
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- aunt, sister of one's parent
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *mōma inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (mother, aunt, auntie, mama, maternal aunt).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōmǭ
Gloss
mother, aunt, auntie, mama, maternal aunt
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- moei Dutch, Flemish
- petemoei Dutch, Flemish
- suikermoei Dutch, Flemish
- *méh₂-méh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *mōmǭ Proto-Germanic
- mome Middle English
- *mōmā gmw-pro
- *mōma Old Dutch
- mui Sranan Tongo