motan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- can, may (to be allowed)
- (rare) must
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōtaną
Gloss
have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- must English
- durchmüssen German
- losmüssen German
- müssen German
- moeten Dutch, Flemish
- ontmoeten Dutch, Flemish
- *mōtaną Proto-Germanic
- musieć Polish
- mōste Old English
- mōtan Old English
- muset Czech
- moeten Middle Dutch
- muozan Old High German
- moet Afrikaans
- muozen Middle High German
- *mōtaną Gothic
- *𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- gem-pro Gothic
- got Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- muotan Old Dutch
- môten Middle Low German
- мусити Ukrainian
- motan Old Saxon
- mōtan Old Saxon
- müese Alemannic German
- мусіць Belarusian
- mōta Old Frisian
- mösse Central Franconian
- moe Sranan Tongo