The Crossword Solver found answer to “Mer contents”, 3 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : SEA
sea – n
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
turbulent water with swells of considerable size; “heavy seas”
SYNONYMS
blue, brine, deep, Neptune, ocean, seven seas
EXAMPLES
“The sea was calm after the storm.”
“We rode through stormy seas.”
“Thousands of ships crossed the sea to Florida.”
ETYMOLOGY
Old English sæ “sheet of water, sea, lake, pool,” from Proto-Germanic *saiwa- (source also of Old Saxon seo, Old Frisian se, Middle Dutch see, Swedish sjö), of unknown origin, outside connections “wholly doubtful” [Buck]. Meaning “large quantity” (of anything) is from c. 1200.
Germanic languages also use the general Indo-European word (represented by English mere (n.1)), but have no firm distinction between “sea” and “lake,” either by size, by inland or open, or by salt vs. fresh. This may reflect the Baltic geography where the languages are thought to have originated. The two words are used more or less interchangeably in Germanic, and exist in opposite senses (such as Gothic saiws “lake, marshland,” marei “sea;” but Dutch zee “sea,” meer “lake”). Compare also Old Norse sær “sea,” but Danish sø, usually “lake” but “sea” in phrases. German See is “sea” (fem.) or “lake” (masc.).
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