mara
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- nightmare, incubus
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (nightmare, incubus).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*marǭ
Gloss
nightmare, incubus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mara English
- mara Finnish
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mor- Proto-Indo-European
- mare Norwegian Bokmål
- mareritt Norwegian Bokmål
- *marǭ Proto-Germanic
- mara Swedish
- mardröm Swedish
- mare Norwegian Nynorsk
- mareritt Norwegian Nynorsk
- mare Old English
- mare Danish
- mareridt Danish
- mare Middle Dutch
- mara Old High German