Muur
Alemannic German
/muːr/
noun
Definitions
- wall (especially when stone or otherwise solid and exterior)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German mūre inherited from Old High German mūra derived from Latin mūrus (wall, defensive wall).
Origin
Latin
mūrus
Gloss
wall, defensive wall
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
壁
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muramic English
- murus English
- muralia Latin
- mōrus Latin
- mūrus Latin
- pomerium Latin
- Betonmauer German
- Feuermauer German
- Lawinenschutzmauer German
- Mauer German
- Mauerblümchen German
- Mauerfall German
- Mauerkrone German
- Mauerlattich German
- Mauernische German
- Mauerspecht German
- Mauervorsprung German
- Stadtmauer German
- Vormauer German
- antimuro Italian
- muraglia Italian
- murale Italian
- murare Italian
- muricolo Italian
- muro Italian
- salvamuro Italian
- betaalmuur Dutch, Flemish
- binnenmuur Dutch, Flemish
- brandmuur Dutch, Flemish
- buitenmuur Dutch, Flemish
- muur Dutch, Flemish
- muuranker Dutch, Flemish
- muurbloem Dutch, Flemish
- muurdam Dutch, Flemish
- muurschildering Dutch, Flemish
- muurvarken Dutch, Flemish
- snackmuur Dutch, Flemish
- stadsmuur Dutch, Flemish
- urnenmuur Dutch, Flemish
- vuurmuur Dutch, Flemish
- emmurer French
- mur French
- muraille French
- *mei Proto-Indo-European
- murar Portuguese
- muro Portuguese
- mur Polish
- murować Polish
- múrr Old Norse
- mur Old French
- muro Esperanto
- mur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mur Welsh
- muur Middle Dutch
- mûra Old High German
- mūra Old High German
- múr Old Irish
- múrur Faroese
- mūre Middle High German
- Mauer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *mūr Old Dutch
- mūr Old Dutch
- mūra Old Dutch
- muro Old Portuguese
- mūr Old Saxon
- mur Aromanian
- múr Slovak
- meir Romansh
- mir Romansh
- mür Romansh
- mûr Friulian
- mūras Lithuanian
- mur Old Occitan
- muorre Western Frisian
- muro Old Spanish
- muru Sicilian
- mor Dalmatian
- Muur Central Franconian
- meur Walloon
- muru Sardinian
- *moerus Old Latin