- (mer-3), mor-(u)-
- (mer-3), mor-(u)-English meaning: to blacken, dark spotDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwärzen, dunkle Farbe, Schmutzfleck”Material: Gk. μόρυχος “σκοτεινός”, μεμορυχμένος “(rauch)geschwärzt”; Lith. moraĩ pl. “ mildew “; Russ. maráju, -tь ‘schmieren, slander”, marúška “Fleck, Mal”, Cz. morous “aschfarbig gestreiftes rother, cattle”, moratū “black gestreift”, Pol. morus ‘schmutzfink”; nstem in Pol. morąg “bunt gestreift” under likewise; here also Gk. μόρνον εἶδος ἀετοῦ καὶ ξανθός Hes. (‘schmutziggelb”). μορτός μέλας φαιός Hes., perhaps also with s-extension Arm. mṙayl “ darkness, fog, cloud; finster, dark” (*muṙayl due to from *mor-so-), maṙaxul “thick vapor, darkness” (mr̥so-) and Lith. mùršinu “besmirch”, mùr(k)šlinu “wash, sudle”.References: WP. II 279 f., Trautmann 169, Specht IE Decl. 119.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.