Where does “замурова́ть” come from?
замурова́ть (Russian) comes from Russian мурова́ть, from Polish murować, from Polish mur, from Middle High German mūre, from Old High German mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus — soft, tender, dear.
замурова́ть (Russian): to seal (a hole or opening with masonry)
Definitions
- to seal (a hole or opening with masonry)
Ancestry of “замурова́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | мурова́ть | to build out of bricks or stones and clay or mortar |
| 2 | Polish | murować | to mason, to lay bricks |
| 3 | Polish | mur | wall |
| 4 | Middle High German | mūre | wall |
| 5 | Old High German | mūra | wall |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *mūrā | wall |
| 7 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 8 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |