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Where does “მუნი” come from?

მუნი (Georgian) comes from Armenian մուն, from Old Armenian մուն, from Proto-Indo-European musno-, from Proto-Indo-European mus- — fly, midge.

მუნი (Georgian): itch, scabies

Definitions

  1. itch, scabies

Ancestry of “მუნი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմունsmall louse or the like; a kind of small fly;...
2Old Armenianմունgnat, midge; itch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmusno-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmus-fly, midge
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