Where does “morr tosku” come from?

morr tosku (Maltese) comes from Albanian morr, from Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ-, from Proto-Germanic marhwaz — tallow, suet.

morr tosku (Maltese): very bitter

Definitions

  1. very bitter

Ancestry of “morr tosku”, step by step

morr tosku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian morr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmorrlouse; plant louse, aphid
2Old Norsemǫrrfat, tallow
3Proto-Norseᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ-—
4Proto-Germanicmarhwaztallow, suet

via Maltese tosku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesetosku—
Every word from Proto-Germanic marhwaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- →Every word from Old Norse mǫrr →