Where does “grensmuur” come from?

grensmuur (Dutch) comes from Dutch muur, from Middle Dutch muur, from Old Dutch mūr, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

grensmuur (Dutch): a wall marking a physical border

Definitions

  1. a wall marking a physical border

Ancestry of “grensmuur”, step by step

grensmuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch muur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmuurA wall; A type of fast-food vending machine with...
2Middle Dutchmuurwall
3Old Dutchmūr—
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Dutch grens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrensborder, frontier; limit
2GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
3Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
4Old Polishgranicaborder
5Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →