mader
See also: Mader and Mäder
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin māter.
Noun
mader f
- mother
Middle English
Alternative forms
- madere, madur, madyr, madyre, maddir, madir, mædere
Etymology
From Old English mædere, mædre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmadər(ə)/, /ˈmadrə/
Noun
mader (uncountable)
- Madder (Rubia tinctorum) or a similar plant.
- The dye obtained from madder (alizarin) or a similar dye.
Descendants
- English: madder
- Scots: mather, mader, madder, malder, maider (obsolete)
- → Irish: madra, madar
References
- “mader(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-10.