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- Proto-Germanic*mērijaz
- Proto-West Germanic*mārī
- Proto-Indo-European*weyk-
- Proto-Germanic*wiganą
- Proto-Germanic*wīgą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīg
- Proto-West Germanic*Mārīwīg
- Medieval LatinMerovingus
- English todayMeroving
From Medieval Latin Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Merovech + -ing. Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case).
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*Mārīwīg all →
MerovingianMerovech
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.