[Sca-cooks] Murri and muria

[Terry Decker]

>From Armenian to Arabic, that's curious.  Many thanks for the information.

Bear

> Terry Decker wrote:
>>  What is the etymology of the word "murri?"  
> The Real Academia Espanol Dictionary states that it comes from Classical 
> Arabic "murri", this from Armenian "murya", and this is from the Latin 
> "muria, salmuera"  (brine, very salty water used in preserved food).
> Salmuera in literally means sal del mar - salt from the sea.
> Suey