Where does “þagnarmúr” come from?

þagnarmúr (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic múr, from Old Norse múrr, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

þagnarmúr (Icelandic): wall of silence

Definitions

  1. wall of silence

Ancestry of “þagnarmúr”, step by step

þagnarmúr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic múr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmúrbrick wall
2Old Norsemúrr—
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Icelandic þögn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþögnsilence; rest
2Old Norseþǫgnsilence
3Proto-Germanicþaguniz—
4Proto-Germanicþagjanąto be silent, to not speak; to take, consume
5Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →