*mairiją

Runic: ᛗᚨᛁᚱᛁᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑi̯.ri.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

mooring post, post, boundary

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *moyryom, from Proto-Indo-European *moyro-, from *mey- (‘to build’). Cognate with Latin mūrus (‘wall’), pōmērium (‘bounds, limits’), Sanskrit मिनोति (minóti) (minóti, ‘to fix, build’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.mairijąmairijō
Acc.mairijąmairijō
Gen.mairijas, mairīsmairijǫ̂
Dat.mairijaimairijamaz
Inst.mairijōmairijamiz
Voc.mairijąmairijō

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Descendants

  • *mairī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *mēri (Old Dutch)
      • mere, meer (Middle Dutch)
        • meren (Dutch)
  • *mairī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mǣre (Old English)
      • mere (Middle English)
        • mere (English)
        • pulmere (Yola)
  • *mæri (Old Norse)
    • landamæri (Icelandic)
    • landemæræ (Old Danish)
  • *mæri (Old Norse)
    • landamǣre (Old Swedish)
      • landamäre (Swedish)
  • landamæri (Old Norse)
    • landamæri (Icelandic)
    • landemæræ (Old Danish)
  • landamæri (Old Norse)
    • landamǣre (Old Swedish)
      • landamäre (Swedish)

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