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

1. 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
    • 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)