Where does “mer-” come from?

mer- (English) comes from Middle English mere-, from Old English mere-, from Proto-Germanic mari-, from Proto-Germanic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mer- (English): sea; marine; applied to beings that are partly...

Definitions

  1. sea; marine; applied to beings that are partly...

Ancestry of “mer-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmere-—
2Old Englishmere-—
3Proto-Germanicmari-—
4Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mer-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Germanic mari →