Where does “múrhúð” come from?

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

múrhúð (Icelandic): plaster wall coating

Definitions

  1. plaster wall coating

Ancestry of “múrhúð”, step by step

múrhúð 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 húð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichúðskin; hide; a thin coating; plating
2Old Norsehúðskin
3Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “múrhúð”

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