morel

Meaning

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

Synonyms

fungus

lichen

truffle

common morel

sponge mushroom

merkle

yellow morel

morchella

Translations

Morchella

morille

Morchel

morille

colmenilla

morilla

Speise-Morchel

cagarria

spugnola rotonda

Rund-Morchel

spugnola

morchella

Morchella esculenta

Morcheln

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈɹɛl/

Etymology

Cognate with Picard: merouille

Cognate with Old High German: morhilo

Cognate with German: Morchel

Cognate with Old High German: morha

Cognate with German: Möhre

In summary

Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *morhā (“tree root, plant root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to German Morchel (“morel”), Middle Low German morke (“mushroom, morel”), German Möhre (“carrot”). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) + -el (diminutive suffix).