Etymograph

English

marline

Marline comes from Middle Dutch marlijn ‘cord’, from Proto-Germanic *mairōną ‘to moor, fasten to’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mairōną‘to moor, fasten to’reconstructed
  3. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500marlijn‘cord’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600marling
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500merlin
  6. Englishtodaymarline

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mairōną‘to moor, fasten to’reconstructed
  3. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500marlijn‘cord’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600marling
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500merlin
  6. Englishtodaymarline

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’

remember, murder, march, mere, mortal, nightmare, marine, maritime, mortar, marsh, moor, muller, morbid, mort, mare, morn, mara, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, marinate, marinara, maar, 62 more

Today it means

noun A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / marline

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