Word Origin Summary

Კოშმარი is attested in Georgian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. cauquemareOld Frenchinherited from
2. *marǭProto-West Germanicderived from
3. cauchemareMiddle Frenchinherited from
4. *marāProto-West Germanicderived from
5. *mor-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
6. calcoLatinderived from
7. calcareLatinderived from
8. *marāOld Frankishderived from

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