mær
Icelandic
/maiːr/
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) maiden
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse mær inherited from Proto-Germanic *mawī (girl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mawī
Gloss
girl
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
- *magʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mawī Proto-Germanic
- mær Old Norse
- mœr Old Norse
- mø Danish
- haft Icelandic
- meyjarhaft Icelandic
- mór Old Irish
- an-mhòr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mòr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mòrail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- seillean-mòr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 Gothic