mud

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde, Middle High German mot, Swedish modd. Compare also suffixed variants West Frisian modder, Dutch modder, German Low German Mudder, German Moder.
  • Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a language (compare e.g. Finnish muta, Northern Sami mođđi, from Proto-Uralic *muďa).
  • From MUD.

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