Where does “morvъ” come from?

morvъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís, from Proto-Indo-European morwís — ant.

morvъ (Proto-Slavic): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “morvъ”, step by step

morvъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*marwísant
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwísant

via Proto-Indo-European morwi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant

Words derived from “morvъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwís →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís →
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