Where does “Mär” come from?

Mär (German) comes from Middle High German mære, from Old High German māri, from Proto-Germanic mērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European mēros — large, handsome.

Mär (German): an often repeated untruth, a fable, a false...

Definitions

  1. an often repeated untruth, a fable, a false...

Ancestry of “Mär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmærefamous
2Old High Germanmārifamous, great; well known, famous; news, tale
3Proto-Germanicmērijazrenowned, famous, great
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēroslarge, handsome

Words derived from “Mär”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēros →Every word from Proto-Germanic mērijaz →Every word from Old High German māri →