Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/merkuz

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *merkwuz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)mer(H)gʷ- (“dark”), cognate to Proto-Slavic *mergъ (“brown”). Orr summarizes arguments for borrowing from common Slavic into common Germanic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Disagreement in the literature”) In any case, related to Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*merkuz

  1. dark

Inflection

Declension of *merkuz (u-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *merkuz *mirkwī *merkų, -ijatō *mirkwijai *mirkwijôz *mirkwijō
accusative *mirkwijanǭ *mirkwijǭ *merkų, -ijatō *mirkwijanz *mirkwijōz *mirkwijō
genitive *mirkwijas, -īs *mirkwijaizōz *mirkwijas, -īs *mirkwijaizǫ̂ *mirkwijaizǫ̂ *mirkwijaizǫ̂
dative *mirkwijammai *mirkwijaizōi *mirkwijammai *mirkwijaimaz *mirkwijaimaz *mirkwijaimaz
instrumental *mirkwijanō *mirkwijaizō *mirkwijanō *mirkwijaimiz *mirkwijaimiz *mirkwijaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mirkwijô *mirkwijǭ *mirkwijô *mirkwijaniz *mirkwijōniz *mirkwijōnō
accusative *mirkwijanų *mirkwijōnų *mirkwijô *mirkwijanunz *mirkwijōnunz *mirkwijōnō
genitive *mirkwīniz *mirkwijōniz *mirkwīniz *mirkwijanǫ̂ *mirkwijōnǫ̂ *mirkwijanǫ̂
dative *mirkwīni *mirkwijōni *mirkwīni *mirkwijammaz *mirkwijōmaz *mirkwijammaz
instrumental *mirkwīnē *mirkwijōnē *mirkwīnē *mirkwijammiz *mirkwijōmiz *mirkwijammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*merkwu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
  2. ^ Orr, Robert A. (2003) “Murk: A Neglected Slavic Loanword in Germanic?”, in Canadian Slavonic Papers‎, volume 45, number 1/2, pages 47–60
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “merkwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
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