An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Möhre

by Friedrich Kluge

Möhre, feminine (not current in Suabian and Bavarian), from the equivalent Middle High German mörhe, also more, morhe, feminine, Old High German moraha, morha, ‘carrot’; a non-mutated form occurs in Modern High German Mohrrübe; Gothic *maúrhô may be also assumned from Anglo-Saxon moru (for *morhu), feminine, and more, feminine, English (dialectic) more, ‘turnip.’ For a derivative of these cognates see under Morchel. From Old Teutonic morhô-n-, ‘carrot,’ Slovenian mrkva and Russian morkovĭ (primary Slavonic *mrŭky) seem to be derived.