mör

Swedish

adj

Definitions

(of meat) tender
(of people) very tired, exhausted, ready to go to sleep, aching from tiredness; also ready to give up (e.g. in a fight)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse meyrr inherited from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (mellow).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*marwaz

Gloss

mellow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Mürbeteig German
mürbe German
*mer(w)- Proto-Indo-European
*merw- Proto-Indo-European
mør Norwegian Bokmål
*marwaz Proto-Germanic
mør Norwegian Nynorsk
meru Old English
meyrr Old Norse
meyr Icelandic
murwe Middle Dutch
murwi Old High German
moyrur Faroese
murw Alemannic German
mør Old Danish