Lexeme – Details – mækir

Lexeme

Transcription
mækir
Script
IPA
Meaning
sword
Meaning Note
Grammatical Data
m
Note
Old cognates in several Germanic languages. Further etymology unclear; "possibly a loanword, but source unknown" (CDB). Borrowed into Slavic.

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Sources

Source
Buck, C., D. (1949). A dictionary of selected synonyms in the principal Indo–European languages: a contribution to the history of ideas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
[CDB]
Source
De Vries, Jan (1977). Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 3rd ed. Leiden: Brill
[AEW]
Source
Young, George Vaughan Chichester & Clewer, Cynthia R. (1985). Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: Faroese-English dictionary: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs: and a section by WB Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Peel, Isle of Man: Mansk-Svenska Publ. Co.
[FEO]
Source
Robert Farren, PIE culture words collection, 2017
[Farren (2017)]
Location
AUK11, AUK25

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