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Where does “*mātrikʷā” come from?
*mātrikʷā (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Celtic mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Ancestry of “*mātrikʷā”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
mātīr
mother
2
Proto-Indo-European
méh₂tēr
mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →
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