mereswin
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a dolphin or porpoise
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (dolphin, porpoise, sea pig, cetacean, dolphin porpoise) affix from Old English mere (sea, mere, lake, pool, pond) + Old English swīn (pig).
Origin
Old English
swīn
Gloss
pig
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Meer German
- Meerschwein German
- Meerschweinchen German
- Schwein German
- marsvin Norwegian Bokmål
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *mariswīną Proto-Germanic
- *swīną Proto-Germanic
- marsvin Swedish
- marsvin Norwegian Nynorsk
- mere Old English
- meredeaþ Old English
- meredeor Old English
- meregrot Old English
- mereliþend Old English
- swinhierde Old English
- swīn Old English
- utermere Old English
- yþmere Old English
- mare Middle English
- mere Middle English
- swine Middle English
- marsvín Old Norse
- marsvin Danish
- meriswīn Old High German
- marsvín Faroese
- merswīn Middle High German
- *mariswīn gmw-pro
- *mariswīn Frankish