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Serbo-Croatian
/môːre/
noun
Definitions
- sea
- (by extension) seaside or shore (any area or place near the sea where the sea is seen as the defining feature)
- (figurative) a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře derived from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea, lake, body of water, standing water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*móri
Gloss
sea, lake, body of water, standing water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Morava English
- Marica Latin
- Marus Latin
- mare Latin
- marinus Latin
- marīnus Latin
- море Russian
- морской Russian
- моряк Russian
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *marikaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōraz Proto-Germanic
- morze Polish
- *moře Proto-Slavic
- moře Czech
- море Serbo-Croatian
- gel Old Irish
- море Bulgarian
- *meri Proto-Finnic
- *mori Proto-Celtic
- море Macedonian
- море Ukrainian
- *maryáHdaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- more Slovak
- мора Belarusian
- *mari Proto-Italic
- morje Slovene
- морѥ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- море Old East Slavic
- mórjo Lower Sorbian
- morjo Upper Sorbian
- mòrzé Kashubian
- mor Molise Croatian