Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*mer- (perfective)

  1. to die
  2. to disappear

Derived terms

  • *mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)
  • *mér-ti ~ *mr-énti (root present)
    • Proto-Anatolian:
      • Hittite: 𒈨𒅕𒍣 (me-er-zi /⁠merzi⁠/, 3sg.pres.act.) ("to disappear, vanish")
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *márti
  • *mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *morjōr (see there for further descendants)
  • *mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)
  • *mor-éye-ti (to kill, causative)
  • *mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (death)
  • *mór-o-
  • *mr̥-tós (dead)
  • *mr̥-t-wós (dead)
  • *mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš (see there for further descendants)
  • *mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)
    • Proto-Germanic: *murþrą (see there for further descendants)
  • *mr̥-wós (dead)
    • Proto-Celtic: *marwos (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations:

Descendants

Root

*mer-

  1. sea, lake, wetland

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mer-, merə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 735
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mer-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 439-440
  3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*mer-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 488-491
  4. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-zi / mar-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 667-668
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
  6. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321
  7. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-zi / mar-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-578
  8. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “morior, morī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 389-390
  10. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 463
  11. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 480-481
  12. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321
  13. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*morь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 326
  14. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “maras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
  15. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*marwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 259