Where does “Haarlemmermeer” come from?
Haarlemmermeer (Dutch) comes from Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
Haarlemmermeer (Dutch): a former lake in North Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852
Definitions
- a former lake in North Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852
Ancestry of “Haarlemmermeer”, step by step
Haarlemmermeer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meer | lake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mêer | border, boundary |
| 3 | Old Dutch | meri | border, boundary |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mārī | famous; story, tale; message |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mari | sea, ocean; lake, body of water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via Dutch Haarlemmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Haarlemmer | Haarlemer |
| 2 | Dutch | er | there; him, her, it, them; of them, of those |
| 3 | Old Dutch | iro | — |