Where does “mortel” come from?

mortel (Swedish) comes from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortel (Swedish): a mortar (for crushing with a pestle)

Definitions

  1. a mortar (for crushing with a pestle)

Ancestry of “mortel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →