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Proto-IE: *mey-

Meaning: to fence

Old Indian: minóti `to fix or fasten in the earth, build, construct', ptc. mitá-; métar- m. `builder, architect'

Baltic: *meĩ- vb., *mai-l-a- c., *maî-d-ī̂- (1?) vb.

Germanic: *mē-r-ia- n.

Latin: moene, -is, pl. moenia, gen. -ium `Ringmauer der Stadt (als Schutzwehr); Gebäude der Stadt, Stadt', mūnīre (/ moenīre) `aufmauern, aufdämmen (viam); befestigen, verschanzen; sichern, schützen'; mūrus, -ī m. (OLat moerus, moiros) `Mauer; Wall'; adminiculum n. `Stürze, Beihilfe'

Russ. meaning: городить огород

References: WP II 239 f

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Proto-Baltic: *meĩ- vb., *mai-l-a- c., *maî-d-ī̂- (1?) vb.

Meaning: fence

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lettish: mìet (/ miêt Lis.) (meju/mìenu/miênu Lis., mēju) `(einen Pfahl) einjagen, bepfählen; schlagen, hauen', pl. mail̨i `Spricker, Zaunstaken'; maĩdīt (/ maîdît Lis., Kr.) (-u, -ĩju) 'Pfähle, Stangen einstecken, bestecken, bepfählen'

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Proto-Germanic: *mēria-n

Meaning: boundary

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Old Norse: landa-mǟri n. `Grenze, Grenzland'

Swedish: landa-mɔre

Old English: mǟre, ge-mǟre `Grenze, Gebiet', land-gemǟre; mǟrels-rāp `meertouw'

English: mere; moor

Middle Dutch: mēren, māren `binden, meren'; { mēre `Grenzpfahl, Grenzzeichen, Grenze; Pfahl, um etwas festzubringen' }

Dutch: meren `Grenzpfähle setzen; zn einen Pfahl binden, bes. ein Schiff'

Middle Low German: vermoren `meren'

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