Proto-Germanic: *mutōn, *mudd=, *smudd=
Meaning: dirt, filth
Swedish: modd `Schneeschmutz', dial. muta `motregen'
Old English: { mot `stofje, splinterje }
Middle English: bismoteren `bevuilen'
English: smut `Schmutzfleck, Russ', mother `Hefen mud Schlamm'; mud
Old Frisian: smudden `beschmutzen'; Fris mot `turfmolm'
East Frisian: mut `gruis, afval, molm', mudden `bevuilen', muddig `vuil'
Middle Dutch: modder(e), mudder(e), mōder(e), meudere m., f. `modder'; besmoderen, besmuederen
Dutch: Theut. modde, mod `vuiligheid, modder', modder m.; dial. mot `nevel', vlam. smodder `modder', dial. möt `stof, fijn zand', mot `fijne afval', modde `vrouwmens, vuil wijf'; smoddig, Teuth. smoddich, westf. smudelig `vuil'
Middle Low German: modder m. `modder', modde, mudde, mōde `Schlamm', mudde `modder in sloten'
Low German: smudden `fein regnen', mittelr. mot `Nebel'
Middle High German: smuz (-tz-) st. m. 'Schmutz' (15.Jh.); [ moder m. `in Verwesung übergegangener Körper, Sumpfland, Moor' < MLG ]
German: Schmutz m.; [ Moder m. ]; schweiz. mott `Torf'
