mire
English
/ˈmaɪə/, /ˈmaɪɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
- An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mire (ant, mire) derived from Old Norse mýrr derived from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*miuzijō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mosley English
- bemire English
- bog moss English
- demoss English
- enmire English
- enmired English
- feathermoss English
- firmoss English
- land English
- mireland English
- miriness English
- miry English
- moss English
- moss-grown English
- mossback English
- mossbacked English
- mossen English
- mossery English
- mossful English
- mossgrown English
- mosskiller English
- mossland English
- mossless English
- mosslike English
- mossy English
- oakmoss English
- pick English
- pickmire English
- quag English
- quagmire English
- quagmired English
- quagmirical English
- quagmiry English
- unmiry English
- watermoss English
- formica Latin
- formicula Latin
- formigenes Latin
- formicarium Dutch, Flemish
- mos Dutch, Flemish
- formaldéhyde French
- *meus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mews- Proto-Indo-European
- *morwi Proto-Indo-European
- *morwi- Proto-Indo-European
- *morwi-, *morwi Proto-Indo-European
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- myr Norwegian Bokmål
- *meusą Proto-Germanic
- *miuzijō Proto-Germanic
- *miuzī Proto-Germanic
- *musą Proto-Germanic
- myr Swedish
- myrpiggsvin Swedish
- myrsnäppa Swedish
- myrspov Swedish
- blåmyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- myr Norwegian Nynorsk
- torvmyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- meos Old English
- mos Old English
- वम्र Sanskrit
- mire Middle English
- mos Middle English
- myre Middle English
- myren Middle English
- myrre Middle English
- myry Middle English
- pissemyre Middle English
- mosi Old Norse
- mýrr Old Norse
- mosse Old French
- mýrakalda Icelandic
- mýramaðra Icelandic
- mýrasauðlaukur Icelandic
- mýrasef Icelandic
- mýrastör Icelandic
- mýrasóley Icelandic
- mýrelfting Icelandic
- mýri Icelandic
- mios Old High German
- mos Old High German
- mýra Faroese
- mýri Faroese
- *mos gmw-pro
- mosa Old Dutch
- মছ Assamese
- *mos Old Saxon
- myyr Westrobothnian
- *wamrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *mos Old Frisian
- mos Old Frisian
- furminga Kabuverdianu
- fremin Bourguignon
- fornica Aragonese