Proto-West Germanic

*mari

‘sea, lake’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *mari.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *mari, most familiar first.

• mere
• marsh ← mersch ← mersċ ← *marisk
• marshy ← merschy ← mersch ← merisċ ← *marisk
• marish ← mareys ← mareis ← mariscus ← *marisk

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *mari