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Where does “mrowja” come from?

mrowja (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic morvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís, from Proto-Indo-European morwís.

mrowja (Upper Sorbian): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “mrowja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmorvъant
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*marwís—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwís →