That's a *móri

Language Log 2024-11-04

Following up on Rapscallion, here's another culinary pun with a lexico-musical connection:

When two names far apart Share a PIE start That's a *móri…

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— New-Cleckit Dominie (@ncdominie.bsky.social) November 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM

In the unlikely event that the musical reference escapes you, it's Dean Martin's 1953 hit That's Amore:

And here's what Wiktionary thinks about PIE *móri.