Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Germanic *mari Proto-West Germanic *mari Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *marisk Old English mersċ Middle English mersch English marsh From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmerschenm
- Inherited-form mentionmersċang
- Inherited-form mention*mariskgmw-pro
- Word-formation componentmereen · sea, body of water
- Word-formation component-ishen
- Doublet mentionmarishen
- Doublet mentionmorassen
- Doublet mentionmerseen
- Cognate mentionmerskfy
- Cognate mentionmeersnl · grassland, meadow
- Cognate mentionmoerasnl
- Cognate mentionMarschde
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