merman

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Hevwate

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

triton

diver

merfolk

water sprite

water spirit

mermen

Werger

tritó

Seejungfrau

Wassermann

♒

triton

Meerjungfrau

🧜‍♀️

meerman

🧜‍♂️

Nixe

sirena

tritone

semivir marinus

trito

sirene

zeemeermin

🧜‍♀️

meermin

🧜‍♀️

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: mereman

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: *meremann

Hevwate bi Old English: meremenn

Hevwate bi holendî: meerman

Hevwate bi almanî: 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”).