Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn adult female horse. · A foolish woman.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *márkos Proto-Germanic *marhaz Proto-Germanic *-jō Proto-Germanic *marhijō Proto-West Germanic *marhijā Old English miere ▲ Proto-Germanic *marhaz Proto-West Germanic *marh Old English mearh Middle English mare English mare From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mere (“mare”), Saterland Frisian Märe (“mare”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), German Mähre (“female horse”), Danish mær (“old mare”), Faroese mer (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk merr (“mare”), Swedish mæhr, mær, mähr, märr (“mare”); also Breton marc'h (“horse”), Cornish margh (“horse”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic marc (“horse”), Welsh march (“horse”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmareenm
- Inherited-form mentionmīereang · female horse, mare
- Inherited-form mention*marhijāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*marhijōgem-pro · female horse
- Inherited-form mention*márkosine-pro · horse
- Cognate mentionmeresco · mare
- Cognate mentionMärestq · mare
- Cognate mentionmerjefy · mare
- Cognate mentionmerrienl · mare
- Cognate mentionMährede · female horse
- Cognate mentionmærda · old mare
- Cognate mentionmerfo · mare
- Cognate mentionmeriis · mare
- Cognate mentionmæhrsv
- Cognate mentionmarc'hbr · horse
- Cognate mentionmarghkw · horse
- Cognate mentionmarchcy · horse
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