Where does “mohor” come from?
mohor (Romanian) comes from Hungarian mohar, from Serbo-Croatian muhar, from Serbo-Croatian mùha, from Spanish mojado, from Spanish mojar, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, from Latin mollis — to soften, to melt.
mohor (Romanian): green bristlegrass (Setaria viridia), hooked bristlegrass or bristly foxtail (Setaria verticillata)
Definitions
- green bristlegrass (Setaria viridia), hooked bristlegrass or bristly foxtail (Setaria verticillata)
Ancestry of “mohor”, step by step
mohor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mohar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mohar | Alternative form of muhar |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | muhar | foxtail millet |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | mùha | fly (insect) |
| 4 | Spanish | mojado | wet; Wetback; one who crosses an international... |
| 5 | Spanish | mojar | to moisten; to make wet, to wet; to dip |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | molliāre | soak, drench |
| 8 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 9 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Persian مهر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مهر | Mahr, dowry, bride-price or gift; a... |
| 2 | Arabic | مَهْر | marriage portion; dowry |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐎷𐎰𐎼 | Mithra, a Zoroastrian deity |
| 4 | Avestan | 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 | contract; agreement; pact |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | miθráh | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mitrás | covenant; treaty; agreement |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |