moor
English
/moː/, /moː/, /mɔː/, /mʊə/, /mɔɹ/, /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
noun
Definitions
- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mor inherited from Old English mōr (moor, marsh) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōraz (moor) derived from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea, lake, body of water, standing water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*móri
Gloss
sea, lake, body of water, standing water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Morava English
- Muir English
- Muir of Ord English
- ball English
- band English
- berry English
- bird English
- cock English
- fowl English
- hen English
- land English
- log English
- moorable English
- moorage English
- moorball English
- moorband English
- moorberry English
- moorbird English
- moorcock English
- moorer English
- moorfowl English
- moorhen English
- moorish English
- moorland English
- moorlog English
- moorpan English
- moorstone English
- moortop English
- moorwort English
- moory English
- pan English
- remoor English
- stone English
- top English
- unmoor English
- wort English
- Marica Latin
- Marus Latin
- Morini Latin
- mare Latin
- marinus Latin
- marīnus Latin
- mūrus Latin
- Hochmoor German
- Moor German
- Moorauge German
- Moorbeere German
- Moorente German
- Moorhuhn German
- Moorleiche German
- Moorrauch German
- Moorschneehuhn German
- Torfmoor German
- aanmeren Dutch, Flemish
- hellemoer Dutch, Flemish
- meerboei Dutch, Flemish
- meermast Dutch, Flemish
- meerpaal Dutch, Flemish
- meren Dutch, Flemish
- moer Dutch, Flemish
- moerhoen Dutch, Flemish
- moerstaal Dutch, Flemish
- moervos Dutch, Flemish
- parelmoer Dutch, Flemish
- amarrar Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *marikaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōraz Proto-Germanic
- mor Old English
- mōr Old English
- mōrhana Old English
- mūr Old English
- mor Middle English
- more Middle English
- morelond Middle English
- muir Irish
- múráil Irish
- mór Old Norse
- *moře Proto-Slavic
- Kjartan Icelandic
- Mýrkjartan Icelandic
- mur Indonesian
- cefnfor Welsh
- mordwy Welsh
- moresg Welsh
- morfil Welsh
- morio Welsh
- moroedd Welsh
- morwennol Welsh
- môr Welsh
- môr-filltir Welsh
- môr-forwyn Welsh
- môr-grwban Welsh
- môr-ladrad Welsh
- môr-leidr Welsh
- tramor Welsh
- meren Middle Dutch
- muor Old High German
- Muircath Old Irish
- gel Old Irish
- muir Old Irish
- moer Afrikaans
- Moireibh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Muireall Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Kjartan Faroese
- mooir Manx
- muor Middle High German
- Mouer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *meri Proto-Finnic
- *mori Proto-Celtic
- mōr Middle Low German
- *maryáHdaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- mōr Old Saxon
- mūr Old Saxon
- Nüere Alemannic German
- *mari Proto-Italic
- muir Scots
- muir-deuk Scots
- múirn Middle Irish
- *mor Proto-Brythonic
- Myrddin Old Welsh
- *mira Celtiberian