English
Mash
Mash may come from Old English mersċ ‘a marsh, bog, or swamp’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mersċ‘a marsh, bog, or swamp’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mersċ‘a marsh, bog, or swamp’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMash
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘sea, lake, wetland’
remember, murder, nightmare, mortality, mortal, mortar, maritime, submarine, muller, morbid, mort, mara, morn, mariner, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, marinara, marshy, 59 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, marine, mere, moor, mare, marsh, marinate, maar, 17 more
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English mersċ / Mash