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Where does “mýra” come from?

mýra (Faroese) comes from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic miuzī, from Proto-Germanic meusą.

mýra (Faroese): bog

Definitions

  1. bog

Ancestry of “mýra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemýrrmoor, swamp, bog
2Proto-Germanicmiuzī—
3Proto-Germanicmeusą—
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