Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. · Festive and full of fun and laughter. · Brisk. · Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
From Middle English myrie, merie, mery, from Old English myrġe, myriġe (“pleasing, agreeable; pleasant, sweet, delightful; melodious”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgī (“short, slow, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *murguz (“short, slow”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Scots mery, mirry (“merry”), Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant, agreeable, joyful”), Norwegian dialectal myrjel (“small object, figurine”), Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”). Doublet of brief.
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- Inherited-form mentionmyrieenm
- Inherited-form mentionmyrġeang
- Inherited-form mention*murgīgmw-pro · short, slow, leisurely
- Inherited-form mention*murguzgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mréǵʰusine-pro
- Cognate mentionmerysco
- Cognate mentionmergelijcdum
- Cognate mentionbrevisla
- Cognate mentionβραχύςgrc
- Doublet mentionbriefen
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