merman

Betekenis (Engels)

A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

Sinonieme

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

triton

diver

merfolk

water sprite

water spirit

mermen

Vertalings

tritó

Seejungfrau

Wassermann

♒

triton

Meerjungfrau

🧜‍♀️

meerman

🧜‍♂️

Nixe

sirena

tritone

semivir marinus

trito

sirene

zeemeermin

🧜‍♀️

meermin

🧜‍♀️

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mereman

Geërf van Old English: *meremann

Verwante met Old English: meremenn

Verwante met Nederlands: meerman

Verwante met Duits: Meermann

In summary

From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).