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Where does “mołwa” come from?

mołwa (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic mъlva, from Proto-Indo-European mluH-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European mlewH- — to say.

mołwa (Old Polish): speech

Definitions

  1. speech

Ancestry of “mołwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmъlvaspeech
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmluH-eh₂—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmlewH-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mlewH- →