marr

Westrobothnian

/ˈmærː/

noun

Definitions

Mare, female horse.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse merr (mare, female horse) inherited from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (female horse, mare) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mark-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mark-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*mark- Proto-Indo-European
merr Norwegian Bokmål
*marhijō Proto-Germanic
*marhin Proto-Germanic
märr Swedish
merr Norwegian Nynorsk
mīere Old English
fylmerr Old Norse
merr Old Norse
mær Danish
meri Icelandic
meriha Old High German
mer Faroese
*marhijā gmw-pro
*meria Old Dutch
merie Old Frisian