Where does “mortu” come from?

mortu (Aromanian) comes from Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortu (Aromanian): dead

Definitions

  1. dead

Ancestry of “mortu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortuusdead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...
2Proto-Italicmortwosdead
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twósdead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós →Every word from Proto-Italic mortwos →