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Where does “Mariske” come from?

Mariske (German) comes from Latin marisca, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Mariske (German): anal skin tag

Definitions

  1. anal skin tag

Ancestry of “Mariske”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmariscalarge kind of fig; haemorrhoid
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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