Where does “moræne” come from?

moræne (Danish) comes from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

moræne (Danish): moraine

Definitions

  1. moraine

Ancestry of “moræne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmorainemoraine
2Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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