Where does “miârr” come from?

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

miârr (Skolt Sami): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “miârr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicmearësea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “miârr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →