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mother (n.2)
[mother 词源字典]
"a thick substance concreting in liquors; the lees or scum concreted" [Johnson], probably from Middle Dutch
modder
"filth, dregs," from PIE
*meu-
(see
mud
).
[mother etymology, mother origin, 英语词源]