Where does “modrs” come from?

modrs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic mandras, from Proto-Indo-European mensdʰh₁-.

modrs (Latvian): vigilant, watchful, alert; active, busy, lively

Definitions

  1. vigilant, watchful, alert; active, busy, lively

Ancestry of “modrs”, step by step

modrs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic mandras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmandraswise
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmensdʰh₁-—

via Latvian most

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmostto wake up

Words derived from “modrs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mensdʰh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mandras →