Where does “Mörsergranate” come from?

Mörsergranate (German) comes from German Granate, from Italian granata, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Mörsergranate (German): mortar shell

Definitions

  1. mortar shell

Ancestry of “Mörsergranate”, step by step

Mörsergranate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Granate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGranatea grenade
2Italiangranatagrenade, hand grenade; pomegranate; member or...
3Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
4Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via German Mörser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMörsermortar; mortar and pestle
2Old High Germanmorsāri
3Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-