Lineage · French

mère

7
forms
0
borrowings across families
9
accepted edges
0
contested edges

Each band is a language family. Inheritance and cognacy never leave their band — the validator rejects any edge that tries — so every line crossing a band boundary is a borrowing. Solid lines are accepted, where the reference works agree; dashed lines are contested and left unresolved.

INDO-EUROPEANcognatecognatecognateinheritedinheritedinheritedinheritedinheritedborrowedmèreFrenchमाताHindimotherEnglishmōdorOld English · mother*méh₂tērReconstructed:PIE · mot…māterLatin · motherमातृ mātṛSanskrit · mother

Every edge, with its source

  1. motherEnglish— cognate →माताHindi accepted
    watkins0.85
  2. mèreFrench— cognate →motherEnglish accepted
    watkins0.85
  3. mèreFrench— cognate →माताHindi accepted
    watkins0.85
  4. māterLatin— inherited →mèreFrench accepted
    tlfi0.90
  5. mōdorOld English— inherited →motherEnglish accepted
    oed0.95
  6. *méh₂tērReconstructed:PIE— inherited →māterLatin accepted
    watkins0.85
  7. *méh₂tērReconstructed:PIE— inherited →mōdorOld English accepted
    watkins0.85
  8. *méh₂tērReconstructed:PIE— inherited →मातृ mātṛSanskrit accepted
    watkins0.85
  9. मातृ mātṛSanskrit— borrowed →माताHindi accepted
    mw0.85