Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maiʀō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Adjective

*maiʀō

comparative degree of *mikil (“big, large”): more, larger

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: māra
- Middle English: more, mare, moore
  - English: more
  - Scots: mair
  - Yola: mo', more
Old Frisian: māra
- Saterland Frisian: moor
- West Frisian: mear
Old Saxon: mēro
- Low German: mehr
Old Dutch: mēro, mērro
- Middle Dutch: mere
  - Dutch: meer
Old High German: mēro
- Middle High German: mēr, mēre
  - Alemannic German: meer
  - German: mehr
  - Yiddish: מער‎ (mer)