English
Maran
From Mara + -an.
Formed from Mara + -an
Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
Proto-Indo-European *mor- ‘malicious female spirit’
Proto-Germanic *marǭ ‘evil (female) spirit’
Old Norse mara ‘nightmare, incubus’
English Mara
Today it means
name A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Maran