modig
Old English
adj
Definitions
- proud
- reckless
- (poetic) brave, courageous
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (courageous) affix from Old English mōd (courage, mind, mood, pride, violence, temper, arrogance, spirit, power, heart).
Origin
Old English
mōd
Gloss
courage, mind, mood, pride, violence, temper, arrogance, spirit, power, heart
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
霊
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mut German
- edelmütig German
- entmutigen German
- mutig German
- todesmutig German
- aanmoedigen Dutch, Flemish
- grootmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- moed Dutch, Flemish
- moedig Dutch, Flemish
- stoutmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- *mōdagaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōdaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōdą Proto-Germanic
- modig Swedish
- bolgenmod Old English
- eaþmod Old English
- guþmod Old English
- modcræft Old English
- modcræftig Old English
- modsefa Old English
- modstaþol Old English
- modþracu Old English
- mōd Old English
- mōdiġ Old English
- ofermod Old English
- stearcmod Old English
- þolemod Old English
- mode Middle English
- mood Middle English
- moode Middle English
- móðugr Old Norse
- modig Danish
- moedich Middle Dutch
- muotag Old High German
- muotic Middle High German
- 𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *muodag Old Dutch