möten
Low German
/ˈmøːtn̩/
verb
Definitions
- (auxiliary) to have to, must
- (auxiliary) should, be meant to
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German môten inherited from Old Saxon mōtan inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōtaną
Gloss
have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemeet English
- countermeet English
- fleshmeet English
- furmeet English
- meet English
- meetable English
- meetcha English
- meeten English
- meeter English
- meetest English
- meeteth English
- meeting English
- meetly English
- must English
- remeet English
- swapmeet English
- unmeet English
- miitti Finnish
- müssen German
- *mōtaną Proto-Germanic
- motan Old English
- mōste Old English
- mōtan Old English
- meten Middle English
- muozan Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- muotan Old Dutch
- môten Middle Low German
- motan Old Saxon
- mōtan Old Saxon
- mōta Old Frisian