Where does “mö” come from?

mö (Swedish) comes from Old Norse mór, from Proto-Germanic mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mö (Swedish): young woman

Definitions

  1. young woman

Ancestry of “mö”, step by step

mö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse mór

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemóra moor, a heath, a barren moorland
2Proto-Germanicmōrazmoor
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Old Norse mœr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemœr—
2Proto-Germanicmawīgirl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmagʰ-young; can, to be able

Words derived from “mö”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōraz →