motherless

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From Middle English moderles, from Old English mōdorlēas, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz, equivalent to mother + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian muurloos (“motherless”), Dutch moederloos (“motherless”), German mutterlos (“motherless”), Danish moderløs (“motherless”), Swedish moderlös (“motherless”), Icelandic móðurlaus (“motherless”).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: moderløs — without a living mother
• Dutch: moederloos — without a living mother
• Finnish: äiditön — without a living mother
• Georgian: უდედო (udedo) — without a living mother
• German: mutterlos — without a living mother
• Ancient Greek: ἀμήτωρ (amḗtōr) — without a living mother
• Gujarati: નમાયું (namāyũ) — without a living mother
• Hungarian: anyátlan — without a living mother
• Icelandic: móðurlaus — without a living mother
• Ingrian: emätöin — without a living mother
• Kashmiri: ماجہِ رۆس (māji ros) — without a living mother
• Kashmiri: ماجہِ یَتیٖم (māji yatīm) — without a living mother
• Northern Kurdish: bêdê — without a living mother
• Latin: ametor — without a living mother
• Norwegian Bokmål: morløs — without a living mother
• Norwegian Bokmål: morlaus — without a living mother
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morlaus — without a living mother
• Polish: bez matki — without a living mother
• Swedish: moderlös — without a living mother
• Telugu: తల్లిలేని (tallilēni) — without a living mother
• Turkish: annesiz — without a living mother
• Turkish: anasız — without a living mother
• Turkish: öksüz — without a living mother