*marhijō

Runic: ᛗᚨᚱᚺᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑr.xi.jɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

mare, female horse

From *marhaz (‘horse’) + *-jō.

*marhijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *meria (Old Dutch)
  - merie (Middle Dutch)
    - merrie (Dutch)
      - merrie (Afrikaans)
      - merri, mėri (Negerhollands)
*marhijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- mīere, mȳre, mīre (Old English)
  - mere, mare (Middle English)
    - mare (English)
    - meir, mere, mear (Scots)
*marhijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- merie (Old Frisian)
  - mar (North Frisian)
  - Märe (Saterland Frisian)
  - merje (West Frisian)
*marhijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- meriha (Old High German)
  - meriche, merhe (Middle High German)
    - Märe (Alemannic German)
    - Mähre (German)
*marhijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- meriha (Old Saxon)
  - mēre, mērie (Middle Low German)
merr (Old Norse)
- mær (Danish)
- mer (Faroese)
- meri (Icelandic)
- már (Jamtish)
- merr (Norwegian Bokmål)
- merr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
merr (Old Norse)
- mær (Old Swedish)
  - märr (Swedish)
*mearrō (Proto-Samic)