Where does “Meergrien” come from?

Meergrien (Hunsrik) comes from Hunsrik meer, from Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.

Meergrien (Hunsrik): The color sea green

Definitions

  1. The color sea green

Ancestry of “Meergrien”, step by step

Meergrien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hunsrik meer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hunsrikmeerwe; stressed dative of ich
2Middle High Germanmirme: dative singular of ich
3Old High Germanmirme
4Proto-West Germanic*miʀ—
5Proto-Germanicmizdative/instrumental of *ek
6Proto-Indo-European(e)me-1st person

via Hunsrik grien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hunsrikgriengreen; unripe
2Middle High Germangrüene—
3Old High Germangruonigreen; greenness
4Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
5Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ →
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