Where does “morž” come from?
morž (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian морж, from Finnish mursu, from Northern Sami morša, from Proto-Samic *moršë.
morž (Serbo-Croatian): walrus
Ancestry of “morž”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | морж | walrus; winter swimmer, ice swimmer |
| 2 | Finnish | mursu | walrus |
| 3 | Northern Sami | morša | walrus |
| 4 | Proto-Samic | *moršë | — |