Where does “mairy” come from?

mairy (Scots) comes from Old French marier, from Latin marītō, from Latin marītus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mairy (Scots): to marry; to get married with

Definitions

  1. to marry; to get married with

Ancestry of “mairy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarierto marry; to get married
2Latinmarītōto marry, wed
3Latinmarītusmarital, matrimonial, conjugal
4Latinmāsmale
5Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
6Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →