Where does “deget mare” come from?

deget mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

deget mare (Romanian): thumb; big toe

Definitions

  1. thumb; big toe

Ancestry of “deget mare”, step by step

deget mare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Romanian deget

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandegetfinger
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →