maurs
Icelandic
editNoun
editmaurs
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras, from the stem Proto-Indo-European *mew-, *mow-, *mu- (“humidity; dirty wetness; to wash”), with an extra -r. The meaning evolved from “humid place” to “humid place where many plants grow”, “small plants of humid, swampy areas”, and finally “area covered with plants, grass”. Cognates include Lithuanian máuras, usually plural mauraĩ, Russian мурава́ (muravá, “grass, lawn”), dialectal мура (mura, “small plants; piece of land covered with low vegetation and flooded during spring”), Ukrainian мурина́ (muryná, “miry, swampy place after flooding”), Ancient Greek μύρω (múrō, “to flow”), μύρομαι (múromai, “to cry”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaurs m (1st declension)
Declension
editDeclension of maurs (1st declension)
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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