Where does “mára” come from?
mára (Kabuverdianu) 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.
mára (Kabuverdianu): to tie
Ancestry of “mára”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | amarrar | to moor; to tie |
| 2 | Dutch | aanmeren | to moor, to berth |
| 3 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | āne | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |