Where does “Trümmermeer” come from?

Trümmermeer (German) comes from German Meer, from Middle High German mere, from Old High German mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic maizô, from Proto-Indo-European mē- — to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many.

Trümmermeer (German): sea of rubble a vast area full of debris

Definitions

  1. sea of rubble a vast area full of debris

Ancestry of “Trümmermeer”, step by step

Trümmermeer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Meer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeersea; lake
2Middle High Germanmere—
3Old High Germanmēromore
4Proto-West Germanic*maiʀōmore, larger
5Proto-Germanicmaizôcomparative degree of *mikilaz; more
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmē-to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many

via German Trümmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrümmerruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments;...
2GermanTrummwhopper something extremely or unusually large
3Germantrommelinflection of trommeln: ## first-person singular...
4Middle High Germantrummel—
5Old High Germantrumme—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mē- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maizô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō →