Merlin

See also: merlin and Merlín

English

From Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from the Old Welsh Myrddin, a name roughly meaning "of the sea-hills," from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

Merlin

Wizard in Arthurian legend

Arabic: مرلين‎ m
Armenian: Մեռլին (Meṙlin)
Breton: Merzhin m
Catalan: Merlí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梅林 (zh) (Méilín), 魔灵 (Mólíng), 密林 (zh) (Mìlín), 默林 (Mòlín), 墨林 (zh) (Mòlín), 穆林 (Mùlín)
Cornish: Marzhin
Dutch: Merlijn (nl) m
Finnish: Merlin (fi)
French: Merlin (fr) m
Old French: Merlin m
German: Merlin (de) m
Greek: Μέρλιν m (Mérlin), Μέρλιν ο Μάγος m (Mérlin o Mágos)
Hebrew: מרלין‎ m
Italian: Merlino m, mago Merlino m

Borrowed from English Merlin.

Merlin m

Merlin

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Berlin	Ferlin	Merlin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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