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The following entry has been hand-corrected once.

mô, môjan mühen, g. im partc. af-mauiþs ermüdet; mnd. môjen; ahd. muojan, muon, mhd. muowen, müejen, müewen, müen beschweren, quälen, ärgern, verdrießen, nhd. mühen, abmühen. Ig. Wz. m : ma streben, sich mühen. Vgl. russ. majat (= ig. mj-) ermüden, lett. malts dringend sich bemühen. - gr. [mw=-los] Anstrengung, Mühe, [mw=sqai] streben. - lat. mô-les Last, Masse, môs Eigenwille, Eigensinn, Sitte. Ablaut ma in griech. [maima'w] verlange, [mai'omai] taste, suche. Daneben m in asl. s-mj wage; gr. [mh=nis] Zorn. Grundbedeutung »die Hände ausstrecken«. Vgl. lit. móju móti winken, caus. módinti; lett. mdt mit der Hand winken, herbeischaffen. Weiterbildung mas, vgl. gr. [mai'omai, e)ma'ssato, masteu'w] lit. mãsinti locken, begierig machen.

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       •môþa (PGmc) is a child entry of mô in Torp's hierarchy.
       •môda (PGmc) is a child entry of mô in Torp's hierarchy.

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