English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “great, renowned” + “castle, city”
Most probably equivalent to mēri (“great, renowned”) (from Proto-West Germanic *mērijaz) + burg (“castle, city”), but in this form indistinguishable from a stem based on meri (“sea”) or *mēri (“boundary, cognate with Old Dutch *mēri”). First attested in the 9th C. CE
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: MeriburgCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

