Where does “meur” come from?

meur (West Flemish) comes from Middle Dutch muur, from Old Dutch mūr, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

meur (West Flemish): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “meur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmuurwall
2Old Dutchmūr—
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →