Where does “Modraniht” come from?

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

Modraniht (Old English): Mother's Night, a midwinter feast described by Bede

Definitions

  1. Mother's Night, a midwinter feast described by Bede

Ancestry of “Modraniht”, step by step

Modraniht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian Modra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianModra—
2Latvianmodrsvigilant, watchful, alert; active, busy, lively
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmandraswise
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmensdʰh₁-—

via Old English niht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnihtnight; day
2Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “Modraniht”

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