Where does “awgura” come from?

awgura (Maltese) comes from Italian augurare, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

awgura (Maltese): to wish, congratulate

Definitions

  1. to wish, congratulate

Ancestry of “awgura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianaugurareTo practice as an augur; to foretell; to wish
2LatinauguroI predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,...
3Latinauguraugur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)
4Latvianaugoslocative plural form of augs; locative plural...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-