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Where does “mari” come from?

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

mari (Proto-Germanic): sea, ocean; lake, body of water

Definitions

  1. sea, ocean; lake, body of water

Ancestry of “mari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mari”

  • merely
  • mere
  • mare
  • Whig
  • marsh
  • Weimar
  • Morley
  • moor
  • mores
  • uttermost
  • Marston
  • morass
  • mair
  • mermaid
  • mooring
  • marshland
  • meer
  • meerschaum
  • maria
  • meres
  • moe
  • mara
  • moorish
  • marram
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