Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mandrás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁-.

Adjective

*mandrás

  1. wise
  2. cheerful, lively

Descendants

  • Latvian: modrs
  • Lithuanian: mandrùs
  • Proto-Slavic: *mǫ̃drъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
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