Where does “Muert” come from?

Muert (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German moraha, from Proto-Germanic murhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mork- — edible herb, tuber; tuber, edible herb.

Muert (Luxembourgish): carrot

Definitions

  1. carrot

Ancestry of “Muert”, step by step

Muert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German moraha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmorahatree-root, plant root; root of a plant or tree
2Proto-Germanicmurhǭwild carrot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmork-edible herb, tuber; tuber, edible herb

via Hungarian mű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianműartificial; work, accomplishment; opus, work
2Proto-Uralicmeke-make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mork- →Every word from Proto-Germanic murhǭ →Every word from Old High German moraha →