Where does “Haarlemmermeer” come from?

Haarlemmermeer (English) comes from Dutch Haarlemmermeer, 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 (English): A former lake in North Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852

Definitions

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchHaarlemmermeera former lake in North Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852
2Dutchmeerlake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more
3Middle Dutchmêerborder, boundary
4Old Dutchmeriborder, boundary
5Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
6Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-
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