Where does “замуровывать” come from?
замуровывать (Russian) comes from Russian замурова́ть, 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 — soft, tender, dear.
замуровывать (Russian): to seal (a hole or opening with masonry)
Definitions
- to seal (a hole or opening with masonry)
Ancestry of “замуровывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | замурова́ть | to seal (a hole or opening with masonry) |
| 2 | Russian | мурова́ть | to build out of bricks or stones and clay or mortar |
| 3 | Polish | murować | to mason, to lay bricks |
| 4 | Polish | mur | wall |
| 5 | Middle High German | mūre | wall |
| 6 | Old High German | mūra | wall |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *mūrā | wall |
| 8 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 9 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |