Where does “meritee” come from?

meritee (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

meritee (Ingrian): coastal road

Definitions

  1. coastal road

Ancestry of “meritee”, step by step

meritee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Ingrian tee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianteeway; path
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →