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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

Etymology

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

*mǫ̃drъ[1][2]

  1. wise

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

See also

Derived terms

  • Adjectives:
    • *mǫdrьnъ
    • *mǫdrastъ
  • Verbs:
    • *mǫdrěti
    • *mǫdriti
    • *mǫdrovati
      • *mǫdrovanьje
  • Nouns (abstract):
  • Nouns (carrier):
    • *mǫdronja / *mǫdronь
    • *mǫdroxъ / *mǫdroxa
    • *mǫdrakъ
    • *mǫdrikъ / *mǫdrika
    • *mǫdrъkъ
    • *mǫdrьcь

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мудръ (mudrŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • 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

  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, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 21, 108, 110f., 146, 199; PR 136)
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