Where does “marv” come from?

marv (Danish) comes from Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

marv (Danish): marrow

Definitions

  1. marrow

Ancestry of “marv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemergrmarrow
2Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mazgą →Every word from Old Norse mergr →
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