mur
Danish
/ˈmuːˀr/
noun
Definitions
- wall defence structure
- wall a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones
- (soccer) wall
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse múrr borrowed from Old English mūr borrowed from Old Saxon mūr 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
- murus 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
- murare Italian
- muro 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
- *mei Proto-Indo-European
- mur Norwegian Bokmål
- mur Polish
- murować Polish
- mur Norwegian Nynorsk
- mūr Old English
- múrr Old Norse
- mursten Danish
- sten Danish
- mur Old French
- muro Esperanto
- múr Icelandic
- mur Welsh
- muur Middle Dutch
- mûra Old High German
- mūra Old High German
- múr Old Irish
- múrur Faroese
- *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
- meur Walloon
- muru Sardinian
- *moerus Old Latin