Where does “mūra” come from?

mūra (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “mūra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mūrāwall
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mūra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →