Talk:moor

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Thryduulf in topic WEAE

WEAE edit

I don't understand these initials at all. JackPotte 12:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Neither do I: there's a problem.   AugPi 12:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well-enunciated American English, should be WT:WEAE. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
It stands for "well-enunciated American English", see Wiktionary:Well-Enunciated American English. However it is worth noting that that page is currently nominated for deletion. Thryduulf (talk) 13:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Etymology edit

The proposed Proto-Germanic root may not exist for MOOR. Its root is Proto-Celtic *MORI, and is the same root for all the Germanic cognitives, (with diverse meanings), since they are all Brythonic, except German MOOR which is borrowed from English, as is MEER from Dutch. Here it seems apparent that the zero grade Proto-Germanic lexeme *MARI was naturally incorporated upon invasion from the Germanic races; and then the meaning of the Celtic remnant, MOR (sea) changed through (marsh) to (heath), by gradation. However, mere is the correct derivative of the Proto-Germanic root *MARI! Andrew H. Gray 17:37, 12 October 2018 (UTC)Andrew (talk)

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