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Where does “Murmel” come from?

Murmel (German) comes from German murmeln, from Proto-Indo-European mur- — to mutter.

Ancestry of “Murmel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmurmelnto mumble, to murmur
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmur-to mutter
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