Where does “mærr” come from?

mærr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic mērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European mēros — large, handsome.

mærr (Old Norse): famous, glorious, illustrious

Definitions

  1. famous, glorious, illustrious

Ancestry of “mærr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmērijazrenowned, famous, great
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēroslarge, handsome

Words derived from “mærr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēros →Every word from Proto-Germanic mērijaz →