Where does “moreeni” come from?

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

moreeni (Finnish): moraine, till glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

Definitions

  1. moraine, till glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

Ancestry of “moreeni”, 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

Words derived from “moreeni”

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