Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōdrijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *mōdrijaz (“of a mother, maternal”, adjective), and/or *méh₂treh₂ (“mother's sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Cognate with Cornish modrep (“maternal aunt”), Welsh modryb (“maternal aunt”), Ancient Greek μήτριος (mḗtrios, “motherly, maternal”), Albanian motër (“sister”).

Noun

*mōdrijǭ f

  1. mother’s sister; maternal aunt
    Synonym: *mōijǭ

Inflection

Declension of *mōdrijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mōdrijǭ *mōdrijōniz
vocative *mōdrijǭ *mōdrijōniz
accusative *mōdrijōnų *mōdrijōnunz
genitive *mōdrijōniz *mōdrijōnǫ̂
dative *mōdrijōni *mōdrijōmaz
instrumental *mōdrijōnē *mōdrijōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōdrijā
    • Old English: mōdrie, mōdriġe
    • Old Frisian: mōdrie
      • North Frisian: medder
    • Old Saxon: *mōdria, *mōdira
      • Middle Low German: möddere, meddere, mödder, medder
    • Old Dutch: *muodria, *muodira
      • Middle Dutch: moeddere, moddere, modder
    • Old High German: muotera
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