merrie
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈmɛ.ri/
noun
Definitions
- A mare, female equine (mostly horse)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch merrie inherited from Old Dutch *meria derived from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (female horse, mare).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*marhijō
Gloss
female horse, mare
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kraken Mare English
- mare English
- nightmare English
- seamare English
- Mähre German
- Stall German
- *mark- Proto-Indo-European
- merr Norwegian Bokmål
- *marhaz Proto-Germanic
- *marhijō Proto-Germanic
- märr Swedish
- merr Norwegian Nynorsk
- mearh Old English
- mīere Old English
- yþmearh Old English
- mare Middle English
- fylmerr Old Norse
- merr Old Norse
- mær Danish
- marštal Czech
- meri Icelandic
- merrie Middle Dutch
- meriha Old High German
- mer Faroese
- meriche Middle High German
- *marhijā gmw-pro
- *meria Old Dutch
- Märe Alemannic German
- marr Westrobothnian
- merje Western Frisian
- merie Old Frisian