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Where does “mamnutri” come from?

mamnutri (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mamo, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

mamnutri (Esperanto): to suckle

Definitions

  1. to suckle

Ancestry of “mamnutri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomamobreast
2Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
3Latinferō—
4Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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