Where does “Mjøsa” come from?

Mjøsa (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse Mjǫrs, from Proto-Germanic *Mersō, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Mjøsa (Norwegian Bokmål): Mjøsa; Norway's largest lake, situated in the counties of Innlandet and Akershus

Definitions

  1. Mjøsa; Norway's largest lake, situated in the counties of Innlandet and Akershus

Ancestry of “Mjøsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseMjǫrs—
2Proto-Germanic*Mersō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “Mjøsa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →