English
Merriweather
From merry + weather, nickname for someone with a sunny disposition.
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- ‘short’
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Proto-Germanic *murguz ‘short, slow’
Proto-West Germanic *murgī ‘short, slow, leisurely’
Old English myrġe ‘pleasing, agreeable’
Middle English myrie
English merry
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
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Proto-Germanic *wedrą
Proto-West Germanic *wedr
Old English weder
Middle English weder ‘weather’
English weather
Today it means
name A surname transferred from the nickname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Merriweather