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Where does “*mūrā” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*mūrā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūrus—
2Old Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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