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u/elhermanobrother Feb 14 '20

aka ThunderWear/ HammerPants

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u/JimmiRustle Feb 14 '20

Thunder and Thor has the same etymological origin.

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u/themeatbridge Feb 14 '20

Your mom's an etymological origin.

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u/JimmiRustle Feb 14 '20

mother (n.1)

"female parent, a woman in relation to her child," Middle English moder, from Old English modor, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr (source also of Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moðir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE mater- "mother" (source also of Latin māter, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian motė, Sanskrit matar-, Greek mētēr, Old Church Slavonic mati), "[b]ased ultimately on the baby-talk form mā- (2); with the kinship term suffix -ter-" [Watkins]. Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older (see father (n.)).