Where does “mour” come from?

mour (Pohnpeian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *mauri, from Proto-Oceanic maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-qudip, from Proto-Central-Eastern *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian qudip, from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip.

mour (Pohnpeian): alive

Definitions

  1. alive

Ancestry of “mour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*mauri
2Proto-Oceanicmaquripto be alive, to live, to flourish
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-qudip
4Proto-Central-Eastern*qudip
5Proto-Austronesianqudiplife, alive
6Proto-Austroasiatic*qudip
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip
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