*mōdrijǭ

Runic: ᛗᛟᛞᚱᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ðri.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

mother’s sister; maternal aunt

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) (mḗtrios, ‘motherly, maternal’), Albanian motër (‘sister’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mōdrijǭ	mōdrijōniz
Acc.	mōdrijōnų	mōdrijōnunz
Gen.	mōdrijōniz	mōdrijōnǫ̂
Dat.	mōdrijōni	mōdrijōmaz
Inst.	mōdrijōnē	mōdrijōmiz
Voc.	mōdrijǭ	mōdrijōniz

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Descendants

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

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