Where does “mørtel” come from?

mørtel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Mörtel, from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mørtel (Norwegian Bokmål): mortar (mixture of lime, cement, sand and water, used for brickwork etc.)

Definitions

  1. mortar (mixture of lime, cement, sand and water, used for brickwork etc.)

Ancestry of “mørtel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMörtelmortar
2Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Latin mortarium →Every word from German Mörtel →