Where does “mér” come from?

mér (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.

mér (Old Irish): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “mér”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long

Words derived from “mér”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós →