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
Ancestry of “marlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Words derived from “marlen”