mær

Old Swedish

adjective

Definitions

famous, glorious

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mærr (famous) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (famous).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*mērijaz

Gloss

famous

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Wilmer English
*mērijaz Proto-Germanic
mærr Old Norse
māri Old High German
*mārī gmw-pro
*māri Old Dutch
mari Old Dutch