Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *mōdrijǭ Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_mōdrijǭ

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modryb maternal aunt μήτριος motherly, maternal

noun feminine ōn-stem mother’s sister; maternal aunt 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’).