Where does “mørtel” come from?

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

mørtel (Norwegian Nynorsk): mortar (as above)

Definitions

  1. mortar (as above)

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 →