Cognate Set 7534 – Meaning: woman

IE-CoR reference form:
*meh₂ter-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
76   Lithuanian móteris ˈmoːtʲɛrʲɪs ˈmoːtɛrʲɪs 'mother' > 'woman', cf. cognate set 79.
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 323-324
    S.v. Lith. mótė (OLith., dial. 'wife, mother', Latv. mãte 'mother'; Lith. derivatives móteris 'wife, mother', mótina 'mother'), from PIE *meh₂ter- (cf. Skt. mātár-, Gk. μήτηρ, Lat. māter, OHG muoter, OIr. máthir, Alb. mótrë 'sister').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 668-670
    S.v. Old Lithuanian mótė 'Frau, Ehefrau'. The original r-stem in Old Lithuanian from PIE *meh₂ter- 'mother' has been remodelled as a i-stem in the modern language.
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 457-461
    Cf. s.v. *mah₂ter-/*máh₂tr- 'Mutter' (IEW 700f., EIEC 385f.).