murth

Betekenis (Engels)

Murder; slaughter.

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English murth, morth, from Old English morþ (“death, destruction, homicide, murder; deadly sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą (“death, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moort (“murder”), West Frisian moard (“murder”), German Low German Moord (“murder”), German Mord (“murder”), Danish mord (“murder”), Swedish mord (“murder”), Icelandic morð (“murder”).