From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
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maer (attributive maere, not comparable)
From Old Breton mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Welsh mair, Welsh maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.
maer m (plural maered)
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maer f (plural maers)
From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.
maer m (plural meiri)
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| maer | faer | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||