(s)mer-

I. (s)mer-¹

To remember.

1. Suffixed zero-grade form *mr̥-no-. mourn, from Old English murnan, to mourn, from Germanic *murnan, to remember sorrowfully.

2. Reduplicated form *me-mor-.

a. Mimir, from Old Norse Mimir, a giant who guards the well of wisdom, from Germanic *mi-mer-;

b. memorable, memorandum, memory; commemorate, remember, from Latin memor, mindful.

 

[Pokorny (s)mer- 969.]

  II. (s)mer-²

To get a share of something.

1. Suffixed (stative) form *mer-ē-. meretricious, merit; demerit, emeritus, turmeric, from Latin merēre, merērī, to receive a share, deserve, serve.

2. Suffixed form *mer-o-. -mere, meristem, mero-, -merous; allomerism, dimer, isomer, monomer, polymer, trimer, from Greek meros (feminine meris), a part, division.

 

[In Pokorny (s)mer- 969.]

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