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Where does “maurr” come from?

maurr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic þūbaz.

maurr (Old Norse): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “maurr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþúfamound, knoll
2Proto-Germanicþūbaz—

Words derived from “maurr”

  • myra
  • myrsyra
  • maur
  • maursluker
  • maurslukar
  • maur
  • myre
  • myresyre
  • mauraþúfa
  • maur
  • maurasýra
  • mauraæta
  • meyra
  • meyrusýra
  • meyruslag
  • möur
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