Mur (river): Difference between revisions

The river was attested as ''Maura'' in AD 799, ''Muora'' in 890, ''Mura'' in 1259, ''Mvr'' and ''Mver'' in 1310, and ''Muer'' in 1354. The name is probably of Slavic origin, nominalized from the adjective *''murъ'' 'dark', meaning 'dark water'.<ref name="Snoj">{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |pages=274-275274–275}}</ref> (cf Old Norse ''myrkr'', modern English ''murky'').