mare

Old English

noun

Definitions

mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (nightmare, incubus).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*marǭ

Gloss

nightmare, incubus

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mara English
mara Finnish
*mer- Proto-Indo-European
*mor- Proto-Indo-European
*marǭ Proto-Germanic
mara Swedish
mardröm Swedish
mara Old Norse
mare Middle Dutch
mara Old High German
Morrígan Old Irish
mór Old Irish
rígan Old Irish
merë Albanian
*marā Proto-Albanian