Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/morhā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murhǭ.

Noun

*morhā f

wild carrot

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*morhā
Genitive	*morhōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*morhā	*morhōn
Accusative	*morhōn	*morhōn
Genitive	*morhōn	*morhōnō
Dative	*morhōn	morhōm, morhum
Instrumental	*morhōn	morhōm, morhum

Related terms

*morhu

Derived terms

*morhilā, *morhulā
- Old Dutch: *morhila
  - Dutch: morilje
- Old High German: morhilo, morhela
  - German: Morchel
- → Vulgar Latin: *moricula[1]
  - Old French: *morelle, *morele, morel
    - Middle French: *morille, *morel
      - French: morille
      - → Dutch: morille
    - → Middle English: morel
      - English: morel
    - → Picard: merouille, meroule
  - Old Occitan:
    - Catalan: múrgola
    - Occitan: murigulo

Descendants

Old English: more
- Middle English: more, moore, morre
  - English: more (dialectal)
- → Welsh: moron
Old Saxon: morha
- Middle Low German: more, mȫre
  - ⇒ German Low German: Mohrenkopp
  - →⇒ Swedish: morot
Old Dutch: *mora
- Middle Dutch: mōre
  - Limburgish: moer
Old High German: morha, moraha
- Middle High German: morhe, morche
  - German: Möhre
    - ⇒ German: Mohrrübe
  - Luxembourgish: Muert
  - Yiddish: מייער (meyer)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*maurīcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z

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[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*maurīcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z