*marhwaz

Runic: ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑr.xʷɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

tallow, suet

A thematicisation of earlier *marhuz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (‘to decay’).

*marhu (Proto-West Germanic)
- mearh, mærh, merg, mearg, meargh, mærc (Old English)
*marhu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *march (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - mûrû (Wangerooge Frisian)
  - marge (West Frisian)
*ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-) (Proto-Norse)
- *mārfē (Proto-Samic)
*ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-) (Proto-Norse)
- mǫrr (Old Norse)
  - mørur (Faroese)
  - mör (Icelandic)
  - morr, mørr (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - mòr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-) (Proto-Norse)
- mǫrr (Old Norse)
  - mar (Old Irish)
    - maróc (Middle Irish)
      - maróg (Irish)
      - marag (Scottish Gaelic)