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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer- (sea)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere-"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mere-"
},
"expansion": "Old English mere-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"t": "sea"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mere-, from Old English mere-, from Proto-Germanic *mari-, from Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”). More at mere.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "mercow, mermaid, merman, merswine, mersnake"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures."
],
"id": "en-mer--en-prefix-AMUPhEYA",
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"marine",
"marine"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
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"categories": [],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "merman"
},
"expansion": "merman",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mermaid"
},
"expansion": "mermaid",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Extracted from merman, mermaid.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fantasy",
"orig": "en:Fantasy",
"parents": [
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
"id": "en-mer--en-prefix-WZ1-T7U0",
"links": [
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"fantasy"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [],
"etymology_number": 3,
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"etymology_text": "",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(“part, partial”) used before a vowel",
"word": "mero-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mero- (“part, partial”) used before a vowel"
],
"id": "en-mer--en-prefix-wmKJXyHl",
"links": [
[
"mero-",
"mero-#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mért",
"3": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént",
"pos": "root aorist"
},
"expansion": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti",
"pos": "root present"
},
"expansion": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti (root present)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti (root present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-ana-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Anatolian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Anatolian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒈨𒅕𒍣",
"pos": "3sg.pres.act.",
"tr": "me-er-zi",
"ts": "merzi"
},
"expansion": "Hittite: 𒈨𒅕𒍣 (me-er-zi /merzi/, 3sg.pres.act.)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hittite: 𒈨𒅕𒍣 (me-er-zi /merzi/, 3sg.pres.act.) (\"to disappear, vanish\")"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*márti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *márti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *márti"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*márati"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *márati",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *márati"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मरति",
"tr": "márati"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मरति (márati)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मरते",
"tr": "márate"
},
"expansion": "मरते (márate)",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मरति (márati), मरते (márate) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": "*márti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *márti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian: *márti"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭-"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hac",
"2": "مەردەی",
"tr": "marday"
},
"expansion": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"tr": "mär-"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Kurdish:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "mirin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish: mirin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Kurdish: mirin"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ckb",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sdh",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lki",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"ts": "mar-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"tr": "myr",
"ts": "mīr-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)"
},
{
"depth": 6,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مردن",
"tr": "mordan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: مردن (mordan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: مردن (mordan)"
},
{
"depth": 7,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "мурдан"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xpr",
"ts": "myr"
},
"expansion": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "merden"
},
"expansion": "Zazaki: merden",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zazaki: merden"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥yétor",
"3": "*mr̥-yé-tor",
"pos": "ye-present"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*mertéi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mriyátay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*morjōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mer-s-",
"pos": "sigmatic aorist"
},
"expansion": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "մեռանիմ"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "մեռնել"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*moréyeti",
"3": "*mor-éye-ti",
"4": "to kill",
"pos": "causative"
},
"expansion": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mértis",
"3": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s",
"4": "death"
},
"expansion": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mór-o-"
},
"expansion": "*mór-o-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mór-o-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*marás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãras"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: mãras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: mãras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*morъ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*marǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मार",
"tr": "mā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tós",
"3": "*mr̥-tós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥twós",
"3": "*mr̥-t-wós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tyúš"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mŕ̥-trom",
"pos": "instrumental"
},
"expansion": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*murþrą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mr̥-wós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*marwos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*merusa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "mërshë"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: mërshë",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: mërshë (rotting corpse)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृ"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to die"
],
"id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:die",
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:die"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
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"name": "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"to disappear"
],
"id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:disappear",
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[
"disappear",
"disappear"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:disappear"
],
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"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
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"Brill Publishers",
"Helmut Rix",
"Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben",
"Rick Derksen"
],
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}
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{
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"derived"
],
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{
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"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*móri",
"3": "*mór-i",
"4": "sea,wetland"
},
"expansion": "*mór-i (“sea,wetland”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mreg-"
},
"expansion": "*mreg-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mreg-"
}
],
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"pos": "root",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European ReR-shape roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"sea, lake, wetland"
],
"id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:sea",
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[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"lake",
"lake"
],
[
"wetland",
"wetland"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:sea"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
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"English prefixes",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- (sea)",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer- (sea)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere-"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mere-"
},
"expansion": "Old English mere-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"t": "sea"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "l"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "mercow, mermaid, merman, merswine, mersnake"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures."
],
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"marine",
"marine"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English lemmas",
"English prefixes"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "merman"
},
"expansion": "merman",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mermaid"
},
"expansion": "mermaid",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Extracted from merman, mermaid.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Fantasy"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster"
}
],
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"Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
"links": [
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"fantasy"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English lemmas",
"English prefixes"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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"etymology_text": "",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mer-",
"name": "en-prefix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
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"word": "mero-"
}
],
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"Alternative form of mero- (“part, partial”) used before a vowel"
],
"links": [
[
"mero-",
"mero-#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Proto-Indo-European ReR-shape roots",
"Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mért",
"3": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént",
"pos": "root aorist"
},
"expansion": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti",
"pos": "root present"
},
"expansion": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti (root present)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-ti ~ *mr-énti (root present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-ana-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Anatolian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Anatolian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒈨𒅕𒍣",
"pos": "3sg.pres.act.",
"tr": "me-er-zi",
"ts": "merzi"
},
"expansion": "Hittite: 𒈨𒅕𒍣 (me-er-zi /merzi/, 3sg.pres.act.)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hittite: 𒈨𒅕𒍣 (me-er-zi /merzi/, 3sg.pres.act.) (\"to disappear, vanish\")"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*márti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *márti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *márti"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*márati"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *márati",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *márati"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मरति",
"tr": "márati"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मरति (márati)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मरते",
"tr": "márate"
},
"expansion": "मरते (márate)",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मरति (márati), मरते (márate) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": "*márti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *márti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian: *márti"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭-"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hac",
"2": "مەردەی",
"tr": "marday"
},
"expansion": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"tr": "mär-"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Kurdish:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "mirin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish: mirin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Kurdish: mirin"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ckb",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sdh",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lki",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"ts": "mar-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"tr": "myr",
"ts": "mīr-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)"
},
{
"depth": 6,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مردن",
"tr": "mordan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: مردن (mordan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: مردن (mordan)"
},
{
"depth": 7,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "мурдан"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xpr",
"ts": "myr"
},
"expansion": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "merden"
},
"expansion": "Zazaki: merden",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zazaki: merden"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥yétor",
"3": "*mr̥-yé-tor",
"pos": "ye-present"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*mertéi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mriyátay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*morjōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mer-s-",
"pos": "sigmatic aorist"
},
"expansion": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "մեռանիմ"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "մեռնել"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*moréyeti",
"3": "*mor-éye-ti",
"4": "to kill",
"pos": "causative"
},
"expansion": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mértis",
"3": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s",
"4": "death"
},
"expansion": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mór-o-"
},
"expansion": "*mór-o-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mór-o-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*marás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãras"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: mãras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: mãras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*morъ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*marǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मार",
"tr": "mā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tós",
"3": "*mr̥-tós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mr̥twós",
"3": "*mr̥-t-wós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tyúš"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mŕ̥-trom",
"pos": "instrumental"
},
"expansion": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*murþrą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*mr̥-wós",
"4": "dead"
},
"expansion": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*marwos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*merusa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "mërshë"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: mërshë",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: mërshë (rotting corpse)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृ"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ine-pro:Death"
],
"glosses": [
"to die"
],
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:die"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to disappear"
],
"links": [
[
"disappear",
"disappear"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:disappear"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Helmut Rix",
"Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben",
"Rick Derksen"
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Proto-Indo-European ReR-shape roots",
"Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*móri",
"3": "*mór-i",
"4": "sea,wetland"
},
"expansion": "*mór-i (“sea,wetland”)",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mór-i (“sea,wetland”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"tags": [
"derived"
],
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*mreg-"
},
"expansion": "*mreg-",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "*mreg-"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"sea, lake, wetland"
],
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"lake",
"lake"
],
[
"wetland",
"wetland"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:sea"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
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