Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “märg” come from?

märg (Swedish) comes from Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

märg (Swedish): marrow

Definitions

  1. marrow

Ancestry of “märg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemergrmarrow
2Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

Words derived from “märg”

  • flädermärg
  • ryggmärg
  • flädermärgskula
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →