Where does “mužar” come from?

mužar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian mozsár, from German Mörser, from Old High German morsāri, from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mužar (Serbo-Croatian): mortar

Definitions

  1. mortar

Ancestry of “mužar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmozsármortar
2GermanMörsermortar; mortar and pestle
3Old High Germanmorsāri—
4Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Latin mortarium →Every word from Old High German morsāri →