Where does “mohar” come from?
mohar (Hungarian) comes from Serbo-Croatian muhar, from Serbo-Croatian mùha, from Spanish mojado, from Spanish mojar, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis — to soften, to melt.
mohar (Hungarian): Alternative form of muhar
Definitions
- Alternative form of muhar
Ancestry of “mohar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | muhar | foxtail millet |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | mùha | — |
| 3 | Spanish | mojado | wet; Wetback; one who crosses an international... |
| 4 | Spanish | mojar | to moisten; to make wet, to wet; to dip |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | molliāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 8 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
Words derived from “mohar”