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Where does “mearë” come from?

mearë (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mearë (Proto-Samic): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “mearë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmerisea
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mearë”

  • mearra
  • merra
  • miârr
  • miârrkuäʹcǩǩem
  • meerâ
  • merâkuáskim
  • ме̄рр
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