Where does “meri” come from?

meri (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

meri (Old Dutch): border, boundary

Definitions

  1. border, boundary

Ancestry of “meri”, step by step

meri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mārī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
2Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Proto-Germanic mairiją

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmairijąmooring-post, post, boundary
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “meri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Germanic mari →