The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived frommuir“ocean”
- Scots · derived frommuir“moor”
- English todayMuir
From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.
Words from the same roots
Scotsmuir all →
DunsmuirMuir of Ord
Scottish Gaelicmuir all →
Murdoch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.