Where does “marline” come from?
marline (English) comes from Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn, from Middle Dutch marlen, from Dutch maren, from Middle Dutch maren, from Old Dutch māren, from Proto-West Germanic mārijan — he, she.
marline (English): A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a...
Definitions
- A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a...
Ancestry of “marline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | merlin | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | marling | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | marlijn | cord |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | marlen | secure, fasten |
| 5 | Dutch | maren | to announce, to make known; to say "but", to... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | maren | to moor |
| 7 | Old Dutch | māren | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | mārijan | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | mērijaną | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “marline”