vigilant, watchful, alert (who carefully, without interruptions, observes or watches over something; expressing this behavior) · active, busy, lively
çekim: karşılaştırma modrāks · üstünlük vismodrākais
eş: dzīvs, možs, mundrs, spirgts, žirgts
köken: From the same stem as verb most (“to wake up”) (< *muod-ti), with an extra -r: *muod-ra-s > modrs. A parallel form without the -r yielded možs (q.v.). In the 17th century, modrs had the meaning of “wise, intelligent”, now gudrs; the current meaning became dominant in the 18th century. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandras, from Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁- (“wisdom”). Cognates include…
right; opposite of left · right, right-handed · dexterous
zıt: esquerre, sinistre, maldestre
köken: Inherited from Latin dextrum (compare Occitan dèstre, Spanish diestro, Italian destro), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-, from *deḱs- (“right”).