- μόρον
- μόρονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `black mulberry' (Epich., A., Hp.).Derivatives: μορέα, -έη f. `mulberrytree, Morus nigra' (Nic., Gal.) with the PN NGr. Μορέας (Amantos ZNF 5, 64); μόρινος `mulberrycoloured' (pap.); on μορόεις s. v. Here also μορίδες μάντεις H., the last for μαντίαι v. t., which Dsc. 4, 37 gives as Dacian name of the mulberry (s. βάτος).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: With μόρον agrees Arm. mor, -i, -iw `blackberry' with mor-i, mor-eni `berry-shrub'. With ō Lat. mōrum `mulberry'; from there as LW [loanword] Germ., e.g. OHG mūr-, mōr-bere, MHG mūl-ber 'Maulbeere'. Welsh merwydden can (with e as Umlaut of o) contain a loan mōrum. Fot Lat. mōrum too, in spite of the vowellength a loan from Greek is possible; the same is true for Arm. mor. So al forms mentioned can go back on Gr. μόρον. ("Gewisse Bedenken erweckt indessen dabei die mutmaßlich ältere Bed. `Brombeere', die eine Entlehnung weniger wahrscheinlich macht." Frisk) -- Hypothetical attempts to connect μόρον with words for `dark, black', by Specht Ursprung 119; s. also WP. 2, 306 a. 279f., Pok. 749 u. 734, W.-Hofmann s. 1. mōrus w. details. -- Through cross with συκάμινον, -ος arose συκόμορον, -ος; s.v. (Pok. 749 gives μωρον H.; I can only find μῶρα συκάμινα, which Latte corrects to μορα.)Page in Frisk: 2,256
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.