Given name & surname · also German
Moder
“reaper”
Moder is a surname from German, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in English and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Moder goes back to Middle High German mader, meaning “reaper.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Moder comes from German, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Moder, from Slovak Móder, from Middle High German mader (“reaper”), from Polish Moder, from Middle Low German mōder (“mother, womb; mare”), from Slovene Moder, from Swedish Modér.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Moder’s family of names
In English usage, Moder as a surname was borrowed from the Slovak form Móder.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
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