Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūrā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- + *-rós.

Noun

*mūrā f

1. wall

   Synonym: *wall

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mūrā
Genitive	*mūrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mūrā	*mūrōn
Accusative	*mūrōn	*mūrōn
Genitive	*mūrōn	*mūrōnō
Dative	*mūrōn	*mūrōm, *mūrum
Instrumental	*mūrōn	*mūrōm, *mūrum

Descendants

• Old English: mūr m
  • Middle English: mur (contaminated by Old French)
    • English: mure
  • → Old Norse: múrr
    • Danish: mur
    • Faroese: múrur
    • Icelandic: múr
    • Norwegian: mur
    • → Swedish: mur
      • → Finnish: muuri
• Old Frisian: mūre
  • West Frisian: muorre
• Old Saxon: mūra
  • Middle Low German: mûre, mü̂re, müre, myre, more, möre, mûr, mü̂r, mör
    • German Low German: Müre, Müür
• Old Dutch: mūra
  • Middle Dutch: muur
    • Dutch: muur
      • Afrikaans: muur
      • Negerhollands: muur
    • Limburgish: moer
    • West Flemish: meur
• Old High German: mūra, mūri, mūri
  • Middle High German: mūre, miure, mūr, miur
    • Alemannic German: Muur
    • Central Franconian: Mouer (Moselle)
      • Hunsrik: Mauer
      • Luxembourgish: Mauer
    • German: Mauer
    • Rhine Franconian: Mauer, Muur
      • Frankfurterisch: [mauæ̆]
    • Yiddish: מויער (moyer)
    • → Polish: mur (see there for further descendants)