Where does “mür” come from?

mür (Romansch) comes from Latin murus, from Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mür (Romansch): exterior wall; mouse

Definitions

  1. exterior wall; mouse

Ancestry of “mür”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmurusa wall
2Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Latin moerus →Every word from Latin murus →