Where does “мужар” come from?
мужар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian mozsár, from German Mörser, from Old High German morsāri, from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
мужар (Serbo-Croatian): mortar
Ancestry of “мужар”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | mozsár | mortar |
| 2 | German | Mörser | mortar; mortar and pestle |
| 3 | Old High German | morsāri | — |
| 4 | Latin | mortarium | mortar; large basin in which mortar is made |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |