Where does “mýra” come from?

mýra (Faroese) comes from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic miuzī, from Proto-Germanic meusą.

mýra (Faroese): bog

Definitions

  1. bog

Ancestry of “mýra”, step by step

mýra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse mýrr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemýrrmoor, swamp, bog
2Proto-Germanicmiuzī—
3Proto-Germanicmeusą—

via Proto-Germanic miurijǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic meusą →Every word from Proto-Germanic miuzī →Every word from Old Norse mýrr →