Where does “marrow” come from?

Marrow comes from Old English mearg, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos, a word of unknown original meaning.

marrow (English): The substance inside bones which produces blood...

Definitions

  1. The substance inside bones which produces blood...

Ancestry of “marrow”, step by step

marrow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmary—
2Old Englishmeargmarrow
3Proto-West Germanic*maʀgmarrow
4Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

via Old Norse margr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemargrmany, a lot of; friendly, communicative; great...
2Proto-Germanicmargaz—

Words derived from “marrow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →
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