Where does “Mother's Night” come from?

Mother's Night (English) comes from Old English Modraniht, from Latvian Modra, from Latvian modrs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mandras, from Proto-Indo-European mensdʰh₁-.

Mother's Night (English): An Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens

Definitions

  1. An Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens

Ancestry of “Mother's Night”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishModranihtMother's Night, a midwinter feast described by Bede
2LatvianModra—
3Latvianmodrsvigilant, watchful, alert; active, busy, lively
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmandraswise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmensdʰh₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mensdʰh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mandras →Every word from Latvian modrs →