Where does “maren” come from?
maren (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch maren, from Old Dutch māren, from Proto-West Germanic mārijan, from Proto-Germanic mērijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
maren (Dutch): to announce, to make known; to say "but", to...
Definitions
- to announce, to make known; to say "but", to...
Ancestry of “maren”, step by step
maren traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch maren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | maren | to moor |
| 2 | Old Dutch | māren | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mārijan | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mērijaną | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |