Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫdrъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandras, from Proto-Indo-European *mondʰh₁ros, from *mendʰh₁- +‎ *-rós, possibly from *men- +‎ *dʰeh₁-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mañdras, mandrùs (cheerful, lively), Latvian modrs, možs (cheerful, lively, alert, vigorous).

Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *mundraz (awake; alert; eager) (< *mn̥dʰh₁ros), Avestan 𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (mązdra-).

Сf. Sanskrit मेधा (medhā, mental power, wisdom, intelligence), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā) (< *mn̥s-dʰeh₁-).

Adjective edit

*mǫ̃drъ[1][2]

  1. wise

Inflection edit

Accent paradigm b.

See also edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мудрый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мудрый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 547
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫdrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 130

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǫ́drъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 329:adj. o (b) ‘wise’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mǫdrъ mǫdra mǫdro”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 21, 108, 110f., 146, 199; PR 136)