marrow

marrow · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*mosgʰos
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mazgą
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*maʀg
4. Old English · inherited frommearg
5. Middle English · inherited frommary
6. English todaymarrow

From Middle English mary, marow, marwe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare West Frisian moarch, Dutch merg, German Mark, Swedish märg, Icelandic mergur, and also Russian мозг (mozg, “brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”), Ashkun amōźã, Kamkata-viri muč, muj, Waigali muj, Persian مغز (maġz, “brain”), Sanskrit मज्जन् (majján). Doublet of maghaz.

marrow · noun²

1. Old Norse · derived frommargr
2. English todaymarrow

From Old Norse margr.

Words from the same roots