Where does “grunnmur” come from?
grunnmur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mur, from Old Norse múrr, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
grunnmur (Norwegian Bokmål): a foundation
Ancestry of “grunnmur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mur | a wall |
| 2 | Old Norse | múrr | — |
| 3 | Latin | mūrus | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |