Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12599067-20130928060857/@comment-10207438-20131002225147

SajuukKhar wrote: Lab Coat Billy wrote: No, it means folk, not elf. Except in the cases or Merithic, Mereth, Dunmer, Bosmer, Falmer, Altmer....... and like, every other use of Mer besides Orsimer and Aldmeri.

I find it funny anyone could ever argue this given how many times the games say Mer = Elf. even Elves say it.

even Gelebor says to call him  Snow Elf, not a "Snow folk" 'Elf' is a human word, Mereth and Merithic were names created by humans.

You're forgetting DweMER, also known as DEEP FOLK and ChiMER known as the changed ones or changed FOLK.

and seeing as Mer is an Aldmeri word, one would think that all the other languages that stem from Aldmer, All but Dwemer and possibly Falmer, that use the word 'Mer' would have the same or similar meaning. And seeing as Dwemer, a different race that does not come from the Aldmer, yet they use the word 'Mer' and to them it also means 'Folk' it can easily be assumed that Mer means Folk in the language of most elves.

Elves wasn't even a word until the Mer meet humans.