merman

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

meerman

🧜‍♂️

sirene

zeemeermin

🧜‍♀️

meermin

🧜‍♀️

Synoniemen

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

triton

diver

merfolk

water sprite

water spirit

mermen

Vertalingen

Meerjungfrau

🧜‍♀️

Nixe

tritó

Seejungfrau

Wassermann

♒

triton

γοργόνα

sirena

tritone

semivir marinus

trito

sereia

🧜‍♀️

sirene

tritão

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mereman

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *meremann

Verwant aan Oudengels: meremenn

Verwant aan Nederlands: meerman

Verwant aan 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”).