The story
- Old Dutch · derived from*marthrīn“of marten fur”
- Old French · derived frommartrine“marten fur”
- Middle English · inherited frommartren
- English todaymarten
From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced related Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishmartren all →
Marter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.