Where does “mowa-trawa” come from?

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

mowa-trawa (Polish): claptrap

Definitions

  1. claptrap

Ancestry of “mowa-trawa”, step by step

mowa-trawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish mowa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmowaspeech; language, speech
2Old Polishmowaspeech
3Proto-Slavicmъlvaspeech
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmluH-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanmlewH-to say

via Polish trawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrawagrass; weed, cannabis
2Old Polishtrawagrass
3Proto-Slavictrāvàgrass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mlewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mluH-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mъlva →