𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃

Etymology
From, possibly via Latin. Apparently modified by folk-etymological association with ; although the second element -kreitus is less readily explained, its devoicing may result from the same process that yielded (from ) with its devoiced initial consonant.

The sole attested form, marikreitum, has been surmised to be a misspelling of *marikreitōm, dative plural to a feminine noun *marikreita, which would support a borrowing from instead a direct derivation from the Greek form. This, however, remains uncertain.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , all meaning "pearl" and folk-etymologically adapted to their languages' respective reflexes of.

Noun

 * 1)  pearl