Where does “keermuur” come from?

keermuur (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.

keermuur (Dutch): a wall built to avert water from a stretch of land, such as a quay wall

Definitions

  1. a wall built to avert water from a stretch of land, such as a quay wall

Ancestry of “keermuur”, step by step

keermuur 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 keren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkerenTo turn around, to turn around an axis; plural of...
2Middle DutchkerenTo turn, to turn over, to turn around; To turn,...
3Old Dutchkēren
4Proto-Germanickarzijanąto turn, sweep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵers-to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-