Where does “mojeruț” come from?

mojeruț (Romanian) comes from Romanian mojar, 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.

Ancestry of “mojeruț”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmojarmortar
2Hungarianmozsármortar
3GermanMörsermortar; mortar and pestle
4Old High Germanmorsāri—
5Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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