Where does “mara” come from?

mara (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese amarrar, from Dutch aanmeren, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

mara (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to tie

Definitions

  1. to tie

Ancestry of “mara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseamarrarto moor; to tie
2Dutchaanmerento moor, to berth
3Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
4Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
5Old Dutchāna—
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →