merch
Welsh (Colloquial)
/mɛrχ/
noun
Definitions
- girl, maiden
- daughter
- woman
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *merx (girl) inherited from Proto-Celtic *merkā (daughter) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (boy, girl, young man).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méryos
Gloss
boy, girl, young man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- merchet English
- marito, marītāre Latin
- marītus Latin
- marito Italian
- marido Spanish, Castilian
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *méryos Proto-Indo-European
- mari Old French
- mărit Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- hedd Welsh
- heddferch Welsh
- llysferch Welsh
- llysferched Welsh
- merched Welsh
- priod Welsh
- priodferch Welsh
- մարի Old Armenian
- marido Old Portuguese
- *merkā Proto-Celtic
- *morēnā Proto-Celtic
- *máryas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- mat Romansh
- marît Friulian
- marit Old Occitan
- maritu Sicilian
- marìo Venetian
- lezverc'h Breton
- merc'h Breton
- merc'hed Breton
- merc'hig Breton
- mergh Cornish
- myrgh Cornish
- marîo Ligurian
- màio Ligurian
- marait Dalmatian
- *merx Proto-Brythonic
- մարի Middle Armenian
- maridu Sardinian
- mareî Istriot
- marè Emilian
- marì Emilian