Where does “Mara” come from?
Mara (Finnish) comes from Finnish Martti, from Russian март, from Old East Slavic мартъ, from Ancient Greek Μάρτιος, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Mara (Finnish): nightmare, mara demon that causes bad dreams
Definitions
- nightmare, mara demon that causes bad dreams
Ancestry of “Mara”, step by step
Mara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Martti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Martti | — |
| 2 | Russian | март | March |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | мартъ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μάρτιος | March |
| 5 | Latin | Mārtius | of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Swedish mara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mara | a mythological creature blamed for giving people... |
| 2 | Old Norse | mara | nightmare, incubus; to be waterlogged, float low... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | marǭ | evil spirit; succubus; incubus; nightmare |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mor- | to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot; to rub, pound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |