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Where does “myrgþ” come from?

myrgþ (Old English) comes from Old English -þ, from Old English -þu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

myrgþ (Old English): mirth

Definitions

  1. mirth

Ancestry of “myrgþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-þforming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
2Old English-þuforming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
3Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
4Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
5Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “myrgþ”

  • mirth
  • mirthsome
  • mirthsomeness
  • myrthen
  • murhthe
  • merth
  • mirth
  • myrthe
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