mara

Swedish

noun

Definitions

a mythological creature blamed for giving people nightmares

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mara inherited from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (nightmare, incubus).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*marǭ

Gloss

nightmare, incubus

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mara English
aavikkomara Finnish
etelänmara Finnish
mara Finnish
*mer- Proto-Indo-European
*mor- Proto-Indo-European
mare Norwegian Bokmål
*marǭ Proto-Germanic
dröm Swedish
mardröm Swedish
mare Norwegian Nynorsk
mare Old English
mara Old Norse
mare Danish
mare Middle Dutch
mara Old High German