meh₂-tér-

“mother (kinship term)”

Widely acceptedkinshipfamily

Source of Latin māter, English mother, maternal, matrix, matter

Kinship root for mother, yielding Latin māter and English mother, maternal, matrix, matter, metropolis.

bʰréh₂tēr“brother, male sibling”bʰréh₂tēr-yo-“of a brother, brotherly”deh₂iwḗr“husband's brother, brother-in-law”dʰeh₁-l-“to suckle, nurse”dʰugh₂tḗr“daughter, female offspring”gʷen-“woman, wife”gʷenh₂-es-“womanly, female nature”gʷenh₂-ikos“relating to women, female”