köken: Onomatopoeic. Possibly from Middle High German brūsen + -io (frequentative), from Old High German *brūsen, from Proto-Germanic *brausijaną (“to break; crack; crackle”).
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *mormur-, *mur- (“to mutter”). Reduplication points to imitative, onomatopoeic origin of the root. Cognate with Sanskrit मर्मर (marmara, “rustling sound, murmur”), Ancient Greek μορμύρω (mormúrō, “to roar, boil”), Lithuanian mùrmėti (“to mutter, murmur, babble”), Old High German murmurōn, murmulōn (“to mumble, murmur”), Old Norse murra (“to grumble, mumble”), Old Armenian…
At īnfēlīcibus servīs movēre labra nē in hōc quidem ut loquantur, licet; virgā murmur omne compescitur, ….
to purr (to make a quiet, vibrating noise in their throat)
çekim: geçmiş murrāja · ortaç murrājis · şimdiki murrā
köken: From the same source as murdēt and murmināt: Proto-Baltic *mur-, from Proto-Indo-European *mur-, an stem that represents voice-like noises, perhaps from *mew-, *mū- “wet; dirty wetness, moisture; to wash” with an extra r.
kaķene murrā skaļi un omulīgi
guļ nobarojies runcis, aizmirsis ķert peles un žurkas, bet tikai slinki murrā
kā kaķis maigi murrājot, jūra skalo viļņus pret smilšu sēri