Where does “mojar” come from?

mojar (Romanian) comes from Hungarian mozsár, from German Mörser, from Old High German morsāri, from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mojar (Romanian): mortar

Definitions

  1. mortar

Ancestry of “mojar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmozsármortar
2GermanMörsermortar; mortar and pestle
3Old High Germanmorsāri
4Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mojar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-