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Where does “meriġe” come from?

meriġe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic murguz, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Ancestry of “meriġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmurguzshort; brief; slow; leisurely
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “meriġe”

  • merry
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • merriness
  • merrythought
  • merrymaker
  • merrymeeting
  • overmerry
  • mirie
  • murȝe
  • mery
  • miri
  • myrynesse
  • merie
  • myrie
  • murie
  • miry
  • merines
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