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Where does “mirovati” come from?

mirovati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mȋr, from Serbo-Croatian Miroljub, from Serbo-Croatian ljubiti, from Proto-Slavic ľubiti, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

mirovati (Serbo-Croatian): to be still, stay put; to rest, to become...

Definitions

  1. to be still, stay put; to rest, to become...

Ancestry of “mirovati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmȋrpeace
2Serbo-CroatianMiroljub—
3Serbo-Croatianljubitito kiss; to kiss each other; to love
4Proto-Slavicľubitito love
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave
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