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.
morsă (Romanian): walrus
Ancestry of “morsă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | morse | walrus; Morse code |
| 2 | Russian | морж | walrus; winter swimmer, ice swimmer |
| 3 | Finnish | mursu | walrus |
| 4 | Northern Sami | morša | walrus |
| 5 | Proto-Samic | *moršë | — |