Where does “Staumauer” come from?

Staumauer (German) comes from German Mauer, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Staumauer (German): dam, dam wall

Definitions

  1. dam, dam wall

Ancestry of “Staumauer”, step by step

Staumauer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mauer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMauera wall, usually one made of stone or concrete
2Middle High Germanmūrewall
3Old High Germanmūrawall
4Proto-West Germanic*mūrāwall
5Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
6Old Latinmoerus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via German stau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstausingular imperative of stauen; first-person...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-