modhro- or madhro-

modhro- or madhro-
    modhro- or madhro-
    English meaning: blue; a kind of plant
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “blau; Färberpflanze”?
    Material: O.Ice. maðra “galium verum”, Ice. hvīt-, kross-maðrа etc. “Galium boreale, glatte Wiesenröte”, O.H.G. matara “Färberröte”, O.E. mædere, mæddre f. ds., M.L.G. mēde, O.Fris. mīde ds.; Slav.*modrъ (e.g. Cz. modrū) “blue”.
    References: WP. II 305.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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