Etymology

Mother's Night

Today it means: An Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens. Full definition →

Old English Mōdraniht
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromMōdraniht
  2. English todayMother's Night

A calque, or perhaps a continuation, of Old English Mōdraniht.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.