moude f (uncountable)
From Middle Dutch moude, from Old Dutch *molda, from Proto-Germanic *muldō, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with German Molte (“dust, earth”), English mold, Old Frisian molde (“earth, soil”), Old Norse mold (“earth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “earth, clay”).