Muriel
French
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from English Muriel derived from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic Muireall derived from Old Irish muir (sea) derived from Proto-Celtic *mori (sea) derived from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea, lake, body of water, standing water) derived from Old Irish gel (shining, white, fair) derived from Proto-Celtic *gelos derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰelh₂-
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Morava English
- Muriel English
- Marica Latin
- Marus Latin
- Morini Latin
- mare Latin
- marinus Latin
- marīnus Latin
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *marikaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōraz Proto-Germanic
- geal Irish
- muir Irish
- *moře Proto-Slavic
- Kjartan Icelandic
- Mýrkjartan Icelandic
- Muircath Old Irish
- gel Old Irish
- gile Old Irish
- muir Old Irish
- Moireibh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Muireall Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- geal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Kjartan Faroese
- gial Manx
- mooir Manx
- Merili Estonian
- *meri Proto-Finnic
- *gelos Proto-Celtic
- *mori Proto-Celtic
- *maryáHdaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mari Proto-Italic
- múirn Middle Irish
- *mor Proto-Brythonic
- Myrddin Old Welsh
- *mira Celtiberian