German Meerschwein

← German Meer (compound)

← German Schwein (compound)

← Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (inherited)

← Middle High German merswīn (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn (inherited)

← Old High German meriswīn (inherited)

→ English porpoise (cognate)

→ Old English mereswin (cognate)

→ Danish marsvin (derived)

→ German Meerschweinchen (affix)

→ Faroese marsvín (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål marsvin (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk marsvin (derived)