Where does “myriġe” come from?

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

myriġe (Old English): merry; pleasant

Definitions

  1. merry; pleasant

Ancestry of “myriġe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “myriġe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic murguz →
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