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Where does “muru” come from?

muru (Sardinian) comes from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muru (Sardinian): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūrus—
2Old Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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