Motte

motte mõtte mötte møtte English <dab!> Etymology As a en fr -, en wa -, and en vls - surname, from en fro mot mot, motte embankment, hill, mound, from en la-med mota fortified height, which could be of en cel - origin and from en cel-gau *mutt, cel-gau *mutta (compare cy mwd vault, arch, canopy, ga móta moat, though this itself could have been borrowed from the English) or otherwise of en gem - origin and from the root of en mud. Compare en Delamotte, en Demotte, en Lamotte. As an English surname, variant of en Mott. As a en de - surname, perhaps from Motten in Bavaria, first attested 837, from the personal name goh Moto (compare gmw-pro *mōd courage, bravery). Proper noun en. References Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein: Lexikon fränkischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung. Oberfranken, Mittelfranken, Unterfranken. C. H. Beck, München 2009, S. 151 (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche). German de: Etymology de :bor gml:motte<ety:inh<osx:*motta<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*moþþā>>>> 1 de gml motte,mutte, from de osx *motta, from de gmw-pro *moþþā, perhaps related to gmw-pro *muggju mosquito, midge,moth or gmw-pro *maþō worm.Motte Cognate with nl mot and en moth. Pronunciation de /ˈmɔtə/ de De-at-Motte.ogg Austria de De-Motte.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ɔtə 2 Noun f moth any nocturnal butterfly de specifically moth any member of the Tineidae family family de specifically the clothing moth Tineola bisselliella species Declension f Derived terms de die Motten kriegen einmotten Federmotte Gespinstmotte Kleidermotte Lauchmotte Mehlmotte Mottenfraß Mottenkugel Mottenschildlaus Palpenmotte Urmotte See also de Falter<g:m> Tagfalter<g:m> Nachtfalter<g:m> Raupe<g:f> Schmetterling<g:m> Sommervogel<g:m> References Further reading de Moths