mersh
Middle English
/mɛrʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A region of marshland or damp meadowland.
- A marsh or damp meadow.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English merisc inherited from *marisk (lake-like, marshy, marsh).
Origin
*marisk
Gloss
lake-like, marshy, marsh
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
沼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- marsh English
- marsh gentian English
- marsh mallow English
- marshberry English
- marshland English
- marshless English
- marshlike English
- marshmallow English
- marshman English
- marshscape English
- marshside English
- marshwort English
- marshy English
- mere English
- mariscus Latin
- merisc Old English
- mersc Old English
- merscig Old English
- merscmealwe Old English
- mersċ Old English
- mareis Old French
- *marisk gmw-pro
- marsch Middle Low German
- *marsk Old Frisian