| 1 | English | marlinspike | A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used... |
| 2 | English | marline | A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | merlin | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | marling | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | marlijn | cord |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | marlen | secure, fasten |
| 7 | Dutch | maren | to announce, to make known; to say "but", to... |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | maren | to moor |
| 9 | Old Dutch | māren | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | mārijan | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | mērijaną | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |