moderly
Middle English
/ˈmoːdərliː/
adj
Definitions
- Motherly; pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mōdorlīċ (maternal, motherly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (maternal, motherly) affix from Middle English moder.
Origin
Middle English
moder
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mother English
- motherliness English
- motherly English
- unmotherly English
- *mōdērlīkaz Proto-Germanic
- modorlic Old English
- mōdor Old English
- mōdorlīċ Old English
- godmoder Middle English
- moder Middle English
- moderes Middle English
- moderhede Middle English
- moderles Middle English
- moders Middle English
- moderwort Middle English
- modren Middle English
- modres Middle English
- mither Scots