Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōder

Proto-West Germanic

*mōder f

Old English: mōdor, modur, moder, moddor
- Middle English: moder
  - English: mother, mither (Scotland and Northern England)
    - Australian Kriol: motha
    - → Japanese: マザー (mazā)
    - → Korean: 마더 (madeo)
  - Scots: mither, medder, midder, moder, moeder (Shetland), mideer, mother
  - Yola: moodher, moother, moothar
Old Frisian: mōder
- North Frisian: (Sytl) Mooter
- Saterland Frisian: Múur, Mour, Mouer (Strukelje)
- West Frisian: moer
Old Saxon: mōdar
- Middle Low German: mōder
  - Low German: Moder, Mor
Old Dutch: muoder
- Middle Dutch: moeder
  - Dutch: moeder
    - Afrikaans: moeder
    - Negerhollands: muder, moeder
  - Limburgish: moder
  - Zealandic: moeder
Old High German: muoter
- Middle High German: muoter
  - Alemannic German: Mueter, Muetter, Mueder
    Swabian: Muadr, Mudder, Muddr, Muadar, Muddar
    Walser: muater, möter
  - Bavarian: muatar, Muada, mueter, muiter
    Cimbrian: muatar, muutar (Sette Comuni)
  - Central Franconian: Moder (obsolete)
    Hunsrik: Mutter, muter (Portuguese-based orthography)
    Kirchröadsj: Modder
    Luxembourgish: Mudder
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German: Muddor
    Vilamovian: mütter
  - East Franconian: Motter
  - German: Mutter, Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter
    - → Central Franconian: Motter
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: muttern
  - Rhine Franconian: Modder, Mudder, Morrer, Murrer
    Frankfurterisch: [mud̥æ̆]
    Pennsylvania German: Mudder
  - Yiddish: מוטער (muter)