Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “mergr” come from?

mergr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

mergr (Old Norse): marrow

Definitions

  1. marrow

Ancestry of “mergr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

Words derived from “mergr”

  • flädermärg
  • flädermärgskula
  • ryggmärg
  • märg
  • merg
  • marv
  • beinmergur
  • mergur
  • eyrnamergur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →