Where does “mare” come from?

mare (Old French) comes from Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic marhaz, from Proto-Germanic skalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

mare (Old French): evil; bad; evilly; badly

Definitions

  1. evil; bad; evilly; badly

Ancestry of “mare”, step by step

mare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse marr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemarrhorse; sea
2Proto-Germanicmarhazhorse
3Proto-Germanicskalkazservant
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Middle Dutch mâre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmârefamous, famed
2Old Dutchmārifamous
3Proto-Germanicmērijąboundary
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalkaz →