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Moravia
Moravia comes from Medieval Latin Moravia, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móri‘sea’root as named · steps between not traced
- Medieval LatinmodernMoravia
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móri‘sea’root as named · steps between not traced
- Medieval LatinmodernMoravia
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Moravia, which is named after River Morava, (German March, Latin Marus), the main river of the land. The water's name is in all likelihood derived ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, murder, nightmare, maritime, submarine, mortality, mortal, mortar, muller, mara, mariner, morbid, mortuary, marshy, mort, morn, ambrosia, marinara, moribund, cormorant, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, marine, mere, marsh, mare, moor, marinate, maar, 17 more
Today it means
name A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *móri / Moravia