Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morъ

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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maras, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-o-s, from *mer- (to die). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras and Latin mors.

Noun

*mȍrъ m

  1. plague

Inflection

Related terms

  • *merti (to die)
  • *moriti (to tire, to drain one's energy)

Derived terms

Declension

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: моръ (morŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*morъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 326:m. o ‘plague’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “morъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c pest (PR 137)