Mahr
German (Berlin)
/maːɐ̯/
noun
Definitions
- mare, incubus
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German mar, mare inherited from Old High German mara inherited from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (nightmare, incubus) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (feminine evil spirit, rub, wear away, pound, malicious female spirit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mor-
Gloss
feminine evil spirit, rub, wear away, pound, malicious female spirit
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- mare English
- mid-nightmare English
- midnightmare English
- night English
- nightmare English
- nightmarelike English
- nightmarey English
- nightmarious English
- nightmarish English
- nightmary English
- morbidus Latin
- timōrem Latin
- Nacht German
- Nachtmahr German
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mor- Proto-Indo-European
- *marǭ Proto-Germanic
- zmora Polish
- mare Old English
- nightmare Middle English
- mara Old Norse
- *mora Proto-Slavic
- mare Middle Dutch
- mara Old High German
- Morrígan Old Irish
- mór Old Irish
- rígan Old Irish
- mar, mare Middle High German
- tmerr Albanian
- *marā Proto-Albanian