Where does “mūrai” come from?

mūrai (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian mūras, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mūrai (Lithuanian): town

Definitions

  1. town

Ancestry of “mūrai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmūrasmasonry, wall
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →