Where does “müvvä” come from?

müvvä (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic möödäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

müvvä (Votic): to sell

Definitions

  1. to sell

Ancestry of “müvvä”, step by step

müvvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic möödäk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-FinnicmöödäkAlternative form of *müüdäk
2Proto-Uralicmixe-give
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-

via Proto-Finnic müüdäk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmüüdäkto sell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe-Every word from Proto-Finnic möödäk
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