Where does “Møre” come from?

Møre (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse mǿrr, from Proto-Indo-European mori- — marsh, lake, sea; sea.

Møre (Norwegian Nynorsk): a Norwegian local newspaper for the southern municipalities of Sunnmøre

Definitions

  1. a Norwegian local newspaper for the southern municipalities of Sunnmøre

Ancestry of “Møre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemǿrr—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmori-marsh, lake, sea; sea

Words derived from “Møre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mori- →Every word from Old Norse mǿrr →