Where does “mær” come from?

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

mær (Old Swedish): famous, glorious

Definitions

  1. famous, glorious

Ancestry of “mær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemærrfamous, glorious, illustrious
2Proto-Germanicmērijazrenowned, famous, great
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēroslarge, handsome

Words derived from “mær”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēros →Every word from Proto-Germanic mērijaz →Every word from Old Norse mærr →