English motherly

← Old English mōdorlīċ (inherited)

← English mother (suffix)

← English ly (suffix)

← Middle English moderly (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (inherited)

→ English mother (link)

→ English motherliness (suffix)

→ English unmotherly (prefix)

→ Icelandic móðurlegur (cognate)

→ Pennsylvania German mudderlich (cognate)