Where does “marrowy” come from?

marrowy (English) comes from English marrow, from Middle English mary, from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

marrowy (English): Full of marrow; pithy

Definitions

  1. Full of marrow; pithy

Ancestry of “marrowy”, step by step

marrowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English marrow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmarrowThe substance inside bones which produces blood...
2Middle Englishmary—
3Old Englishmeargmarrow
4Proto-West Germanic*maʀgmarrow
5Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

via Middle English marowy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmarowyContaining or resembling bone marrow; marrowy
2Middle EnglishmarowThe marrow internal substance of bones
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