Old High German muoter

← Old English mōdor (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (inherited)

← Old Norse móðir (cognate)

← Old Dutch muoder (cognate)

← Old Frisian mōder (cognate)

← Old Saxon mōdar (cognate)

→ Old English modor (cognate)

→ Bavarian muiter (inherited)

→ Bavarian muatar (inherited)

→ Bavarian mueter (inherited)

→ Cimbrian muatar (inherited)

→ Cimbrian muutar (inherited)

→ German Mutter (inherited)

→ Central Franconian Motter (derived)

→ Hunsrik Mutter (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Mudder (inherited)

→ Latvian māte (cognate)

→ Old Norse móðir (cognate)

→ Polish mutra (derived)

→ Yiddish מוטער (inherited)