Where does “mur” come from?

mur (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mur (Swedish): wall; defense structure; A wall-like structure...

Definitions

  1. wall; defense structure; A wall-like structure...

Ancestry of “mur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishmur
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-