marsh
English
/mɑɹʃ/, /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mersh inherited from Old English mersċ (marsh) inherited from *marisk (lake-like, marshy, marsh) affix from English mere (sea, lake, body of water, boundary, component, part, famous).
Origin
English
mere
Gloss
sea, lake, body of water, boundary, component, part, famous
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hertsmere English
- berry English
- dungmere English
- gentian English
- land English
- mallow English
- man English
- marsh gentian English
- marsh mallow English
- marshberry English
- marshily English
- marshiness English
- marshland English
- marshlander English
- marshless English
- marshlike English
- marshmallow English
- marshmallowy English
- marshman English
- marshscape English
- marshside English
- marshwort English
- marshy English
- mere English
- merely English
- meresman English
- merestead English
- merestone English
- side English
- wort English
- marski Finnish
- līmes Latin
- mariscus Latin
- Gefechtsmarsch German
- Geländemarsch German
- Marsch German
- Marschmusik German
- Marshmallow German
- Orientierungsmarsch German
- Vormarsch German
- -mers Dutch, Flemish
- Liemers Dutch, Flemish
- Ly Dutch, Flemish
- marche French
- маршмэллоу Russian
- marshmallow Spanish, Castilian
- marshmallow Portuguese
- マシュマロ Japanese
- marsz Polish
- merisc Old English
- mersc Old English
- merscig Old English
- merscmealwe Old English
- mersċ Old English
- mersċmealwe Old English
- mere Middle English
- mersh Middle English
- mersshy Middle English
- marsk Danish
- mareis Old French
- มาร์ชแมลโลว์ Thai
- *-isk gmw-pro
- *mari gmw-pro
- *marisk gmw-pro
- marsch Middle Low German
- *marsk Old Frisian
- mersk Old Danish