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Where does “مور” come from?

مور (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.

مور (Persian): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “مور”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmarwíšant
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant
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