These synthetic vistas I credit to Susan J.P.W. 

~ MOTHER  id+ | WOMAN PARENT biologic or by choice | 
^u ^s          start see> MAMA
  id+ | A MATRIX for ANOTHER LIFE |   also see> AMMA
  id+ | ENERGY MATERIALIZED into MATTER by MATERNITY |
  etym> perhaps one synthetic way to GRASP the vast
        array of IDEAS inherent in MOTHER found in our
  vocabulary is to expose connections rooted in
  emblems and deities found classic GREEK MYTHOLOGY
  further elaborated by sciences and Medicine
  sug> explore ISIS OPIS OPUS  GAIA GAEA GEA EARTH
       DEA DEI DEITY  MAIA MAY  CEREBRAL CERES CEREAL
  RHEA RHEOLOGY DIARRHEA  CYBELE CYBERNETICS
  MATER MAGNA  MATER MATTER MATRIX  ALMA MATER
  MATERNITY PACHA MAMA  MAMA MAMAL MUMMY MAMMECTOMY
  METER DEMETER METROPOLIS METRITIS METRORRHAGIA
  VENERATED VENEREAL  VENUS GENETRIX  GENESIS GENITAL
  NIX NOX NOXA NOXIOUS NIGHT  BABO  BABA YAGA
  etym> ideas re MOTHER point to
        LIFE "GIVING"
        LIFE "NURTURING" or "NATURE" SUSTAINING
        LIFE "NURSING" or NOURISHING NURSE
       "METRO" or   UTERUS as a "MEASURE" of LIFE
        MATRIX or   WOMB
        MADERA or   WOOD in sp
  note              array WOOD WOMB WOMAN
       "MATER"      or MATERNITY is realized when
        MATTER      in the MATRIX from MATTER arises LIFE
  eng   MOMMY     = MAMA  MUMMY  MATRON  DAMA DAME
  ukr   MATY        MOTHER
        MATY        TO HAVE or HOLD POSSESS
        MATYCZIA    UTERUS
        MATNYJ      WELL TO DO
  skrt  NANA        MOTHER or NANNY  see> NURSE
        MATARI      GROWING IN THE MOTHER
        MATA        NATURE masculine or
        MATRI       EARTH  feminine
                    also DIVINE ENERGY MATERIALIZED or
                    MEASURER
        MATRICA     MATRIX or MATERNALLY INHERITED or
        MATRIKA     MEASURE  MODEL  UNIT
        MATRA       ELEMENT  note that these are mostly
                    MATERIAL and provide a
                    MEASURE  and relate symbolically to sp
                    MADERA   for WOOD
  Doric MATER       or
  lat   MATER       MOTHER
        MATRIX      UTERUS or WOMB as in MOLD  DIE  FORM
  med>  METRO       element for UTERUS  WOMB  MATRIX
        METRITIS    INFLAMED UTERUS
  sp    METRO       or
  eng   METER       METRIC MEASURE
        METROPOLIS  MOTHER CITY
  hin   MATRIKA     MATERNAL                  see> below
  lat   MATRASTRA   pejorative for MATER
                    SECOND or STEP MOTHER
  sp    MADRASTRA   or not a true
  sp    MADRE       MOTHER
        MADERA      WOOD pointing to A CORE MATTER
        MATERNIDAD  MATERNITY
  etym> cont> see> MATRIX  see> UTERUS
  myth> under Hinduism MATRIKA ARE SEVEN DIVINE MOTHERS or
        SHAKTI MATRIKA GODDESSES CHARGED TO SUPPRESS EVIL
  YOGESHVARI deterred KAMA  or  DESIRE or  lat CUPIDO
  MAHESHVARI          KRODHA    ANGER          IRA
  VAISHNAVI           LOBHA     LUST           LIBIDO
  BRAHMANI            MADA      PRIDE          SUPERBIA
  KAUMARI             MOHA      ILLUSION       FALLACIA
  INDRANI             MATSARYA  FAULT FINDING  INDICIA
  CHAUMUNDA           PAISUNYA  RUMOR          CALUMNIA
  VARAHI              ASUYA     ENVY           INVIDIA
  the above is similar to "European" CARDINAL SINS
  mainly CUPIDITY  VIOLENCE  LUST  PRIDE  FANTASY
         ENVY  SLANDER  JEALOUSY
  note link of KNOWLEDGE or VIDYA with LIGHT and
               IGNORANCE or TAMAS with DARKNESS
  ukr   VEDE    = LEADS
  skrt  VEDA      KNOWLEDGE
  hin   VIDYA     KNOWLEDGE
        VIDAVATI  KNOWLEDGEABLE  principle of
                  FORE KNOWLEDGE
  ukr   VID       SINCE  TIME
       SVITLO     LIGHT
      OSVITA      KNOWLEDGE
        VIDATY    TO SEE and TO KNOW
     SPOVID       CONFESSION
        VIDOMO    KNOWN
     PROVID       GUIDE  DIRECTION GOVERNMENT
  Hindi TAMAS     DARKNESS  the principle of
                  IGNORANCE
  ukr   TEMNO     DARK           sug> OBSCURE
  note      VEDA  KNOWLEDGE is similar to
  Icelandic EDDA  or a collection of MYTHIC POEMS
  hx>   RIG VEDA  among the OLDEST  c 1000 BC
                  "GUIDES" re DIVINITIES
  myth> POTNIA    DIVINE MOTHER or MISTRESS
                  precedent to RHEA CYBELE DEMETER
                  CERES see> ARTEMIS
  cont> see> MOTHER-IN-LAW