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Where does “maurai” come from?

maurai (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic mauˀras, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

maurai (Lithuanian): duckweed; silt, mud

Definitions

  1. duckweed; silt, mud

Ancestry of “maurai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmauˀrasmud
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
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