Where does “morsă” come from?

morsă (Romanian) comes from French morse, from Russian морж, from Finnish mursu, from Northern Sami morša, from Proto-Samic *moršë — walrus.

morsă (Romanian): walrus

Definitions

  1. walrus

Ancestry of “morsă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmorsewalrus; Morse code
2Russianморжwalrus; winter swimmer, ice swimmer
3Finnishmursuwalrus
4Northern Samimoršawalrus
5Proto-Samic*moršëwalrus
Every word from Proto-Samic *moršë →Every word from Northern Sami morša →Every word from Finnish mursu →