Where does “mûra” come from?

mûra (Old High German) comes from Latin murus, from Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mûra (Old High German): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “mûra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmurusa wall
2Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Latin moerus →Every word from Latin murus →