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

Definitions

  1. city wall

Ancestry of “Stadmauer”, step by step

Stadmauer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Mauer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishMauerwall
2LuxembourgishMouermoor; swamp, marsh; Moor, blackamoor, negro
3Middle High Germanmūrewall
4Old High Germanmūrawall
5Proto-West Germanic*mūrāwall
6Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
7Old Latinmoerus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Luxembourgish Stad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishStadcity, town
2Old High GermanstatA city; a town; A site; a place; a spot
3Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
4Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →