An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/müde

by Friedrich Kluge

müde, adjective, from the equivalent Middle High German müede, Old High German muodi, adjective, ‘tired, weary’; compare Old Saxon môði, Dutch moede, Anglo-Saxon mêðe, ‘tired’ (Gothic *mô-þeis, ‘tired,’ is wanting); compare also Old Icelandic móðr, ‘tired.’ The dental is a participle derivative of the root *mô- (compare mühen), of which müde is a verbal adjective meaning ‘having wearied oneself.’