moyrur

Faroese

adj

Definitions

tender
friable, brittle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse meyrr inherited from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (mellow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *merw-, *merw-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*merw-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*mer(w)- Proto-Indo-European
*merw- Proto-Indo-European
mør Norwegian Bokmål
*marwaz Proto-Germanic
mör Swedish
mør Norwegian Nynorsk
meru Old English
meyrr Old Norse
meyr Icelandic
murwe Middle Dutch
murwi Old High German
mør Old Danish