Where does “marlen” come from?
marlen (Middle Dutch) comes from Dutch maren, from Middle Dutch maren, from Old Dutch māren, from Proto-West Germanic mārijan, from Proto-Germanic mērijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
marlen (Middle Dutch): secure, fasten
Definitions
- secure, fasten
Ancestry of “marlen”, step by step
marlen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch maren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | maren | to announce, to make known; to say "but", to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | maren | to moor |
| 3 | Old Dutch | māren | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mārijan | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mērijaną | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English marler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marler | A laborer in a marlpit |
| 2 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 3 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 5 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |