Where does “mer” come from?

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

mer (Livonian): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “mer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmerisea
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →