Where does “mergur” come from?

mergur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

mergur (Icelandic): marrow; matrix

Definitions

  1. marrow; matrix

Ancestry of “mergur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemergrmarrow
2Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

Words derived from “mergur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mazgą →Every word from Old Norse mergr →