moeye
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Byform of Middle Dutch moene, moeme, from Old Dutch *mōma, *muoma, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother; maternal aunt”).
Noun
moeye f
- aunt, sister of one's parent
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- moeme
- mone
- moene
- moyne
- muje
- moye
- moie
Descendants
- Dutch: moei
Further reading
- “moye”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “moeye (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I