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Where does “trosma” come from?

trosma (Galician) comes from Proto-Celtic trummos, from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.

trosma (Galician): dim-witted; sluggish; gawk, simpleton

Definitions

  1. dim-witted; sluggish; gawk, simpleton

Ancestry of “trosma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictrummosheavy
2Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
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