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Where does “mrěś” come from?

mrěś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic merti, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mrěś (Lower Sorbian): to die

Definitions

  1. to die

Ancestry of “mrěś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmertito die
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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