muir
Scots
[møːr]
noun
Definitions
- moor
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English more (root) inherited from Old English mōr (moor, marsh) derived from Proto-Germanic *mōraz (moor).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōraz
Gloss
moor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Muir English
- Muir of Ord English
- moor 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
- more English
- remoor English
- unmoor English
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *mōraz Proto-Germanic
- mor Old English
- māra Old English
- mōr Old English
- mor Middle English
- more Middle English
- walmore Middle English
- múráil Irish
- mór Old Norse
- muor Old High German
- muir Old Irish
- maraiche Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muir-làn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muir-thìreach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sionnachan-mara Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mōr Old Saxon
- deuk Scots
- muir-deuk Scots