Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mērijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Vṛddhi gerundive of otherwise unattested strong verb *meraną, the original meaning being "shining", with these terms apparently tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to shine, sparkle, excel”). Compare Ancient Greek μαρμαίρω (marmaírō, “to flash, sparkle”), Latin merus (“pure”),[1] as well as Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), Old Irish már, mór.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*mērijaz
Inflection
Declension of *mērijaz (ja-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mērijaz | *mērijai | *mērijō | *mērijôz | *mēriją, *-at(ō) | *mērijō |
| accusative | *mērijanǭ | *mērijanz | *mērijǭ | *mērijōz | *mēriją, *-at(ō) | *mērijō |
| genitive | *mērijas, *mērīs | *mērijaizǫ̂ | *mērijaizōz | *mērijaizǫ̂ | *mērijas, *mērīs | *mērijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *mērijammai | *mērijaimaz | *mērijaizōi | *mērijaimaz | *mērijammai | *mērijaimaz |
| instrumental | *mērijanō | *mērijaimiz | *mērijaizō | *mērijaimiz | *mērijanō | *mērijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mērijô | *mērijaniz | *mērijǭ | *mērijōniz | *mērijô | *mērijōnō |
| accusative | *mērijanų | *mērijanunz | *mērijōnų | *mērijōnunz | *mērijô | *mērijōnō |
| genitive | *mērīniz | *mērijanǫ̂ | *mērijōniz | *mērijōnǫ̂ | *mērīniz | *mērijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *mērīni | *mērijammaz | *mērijōni | *mērijōmaz | *mērīni | *mērijammaz |
| instrumental | *mērīnē | *mērijammiz | *mērijōnē | *mērijōmiz | *mērīnē | *mērijammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mārī
- Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (*mariʀ /mārīz/)
- Gothic: *𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*mēreis) (in 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wailamēreis))
- Vandalic: *mēr, *mērV-
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mēri-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366