Where does “morž” come from?

morž (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian морж, from Finnish mursu, from Northern Sami morša, from Proto-Samic *moršë — walrus.

morž (Serbo-Croatian): walrus

Definitions

  1. walrus

Ancestry of “morž”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianморжwalrus; winter swimmer, ice swimmer
2Finnishmursuwalrus
3Northern Samimoršawalrus
4Proto-Samic*moršëwalrus
Every word from Proto-Samic *moršë →Every word from Northern Sami morša →Every word from Finnish mursu →