Where does “Mäareswal” come from?

Mäareswal (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Mäa, from Middle Low German mêr, from Old Saxon meri, 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.

Mäareswal (Plautdietsch): wave of sea

Definitions

  1. wave of sea

Ancestry of “Mäareswal”, step by step

Mäareswal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Mäa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMäasea, ocean
2Middle Low Germanmêr
3Old Saxonmeri
4Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
5Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Plautdietsch Wal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWalwave (of water)
2Middle Low Germanwelle
3Old Saxonwella
4Proto-West Germanic*wallijāwelling, bubbling, overflowing
5Proto-Germanicwallijǭwell; swirl; wave
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-