Where does “muuri” come from?

muuri (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muuri (Finnish): wall; barrier, wall

Definitions

  1. wall; barrier, wall

Ancestry of “muuri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “muuri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →