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Where does “mundrums” come from?

mundrums (Latvian) comes from Latvian mundrs, from Latvian mudrs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mud-, from Proto-Indo-European mewd-.

mundrums (Latvian): liveliness, alertness, activity

Definitions

  1. liveliness, alertness, activity

Ancestry of “mundrums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmundrslively, vibrant, energetic, active, alert
2Latvianmudrs—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmud-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmewd-—
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