meer
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- lake
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish meer (lake, more, boundary, a limit) inherited from Middle Dutch mēre inherited from Old Dutch meri inherited from Proto-Germanic *mari (sea, lake, ocean) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea, lake, body of water, standing water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*móri
Gloss
sea, lake, body of water, standing water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Morava English
- Marica Latin
- Marus Latin
- mare Latin
- marinus Latin
- marīnus Latin
- Aalsmeer Dutch, Flemish
- Bijlmermeer Dutch, Flemish
- IJsselmeer Dutch, Flemish
- hoefijzermeer Dutch, Flemish
- immer Dutch, Flemish
- kratermeer Dutch, Flemish
- meer Dutch, Flemish
- meergodendom Dutch, Flemish
- meerjarig Dutch, Flemish
- meerkat Dutch, Flemish
- meerkeuzetoets Dutch, Flemish
- meerkeuzevraag Dutch, Flemish
- meerkoet Dutch, Flemish
- meerlagig Dutch, Flemish
- meerlettergrepig Dutch, Flemish
- meerman Dutch, Flemish
- meermin Dutch, Flemish
- meerpolder Dutch, Flemish
- meertalig Dutch, Flemish
- meertrapsraket Dutch, Flemish
- meerval Dutch, Flemish
- meervoud Dutch, Flemish
- meerwaarde Dutch, Flemish
- meerzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- merendeel Dutch, Flemish
- strandmeer Dutch, Flemish
- stuwmeer Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatermeer Dutch, Flemish
- zoutwatermeer Dutch, Flemish
- *mari- Proto-Indo-European
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *mari- Proto-Germanic
- *marikaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōraz Proto-Germanic
- mere Old English
- marr Old Norse
- *moře Proto-Slavic
- sekolah lanjutan Indonesian
- mēre Middle Dutch
- meri Old High German
- gel Old Irish
- meersinnig Afrikaans
- sin Afrikaans
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- *mari gmw-pro
- meri Old Dutch
- *meri Proto-Finnic
- *mori Proto-Celtic
- *maryáHdaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mari Proto-Italic