mütterlich

== German == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”). By surface analysis, Mutter +‎ -lich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʏtɐlɪç/, [ˈmʏtʰɐlɪç] === Adjective === mütterlich (strong nominative masculine singular mütterlicher, comparative mütterlicher, superlative am mütterlichsten) motherly maternal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === väterlich === Further reading === “mütterlich” in Duden online “mütterlich”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)