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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.

Ancestry of “mûra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmurusa wall
2Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “mûra”

  • murek
  • mur
  • mūr
  • mūre
  • Stadmauer
  • Mauer
  • Muur
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