Where does “meri” come from?

meri (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Ancestry of “meri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
2Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “meri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →