modryb

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Welsh word modryb comes from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr, and later Proto-Celtic *mātīr (Mother.)

*-tḗr (Proto-Indo-European)

Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action.

*mh₂tros (Proto-Indo-European)

*mātīr (Proto-Celtic)

Mother.

*mātrikʷā (Proto-Celtic)

*mọdreb (Proto-Brythonic)

Aunt.

modryb (Welsh)

Aunt.

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