Where does “Stadmauer” come from?
Stadmauer (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Mauer, from Luxembourgish Mouer, 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.
Stadmauer (Luxembourgish): city wall
Ancestry of “Stadmauer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Mauer | wall |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | Mouer | moor; swamp, marsh; Moor, blackamoor, negro |
| 3 | Middle High German | mūre | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mūra | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *mūrā | — |
| 6 | Latin | mūrus | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |